diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5bdfdae..a7e5bf7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "caravel"]
-	path = caravel
-	url = https://github.com/efabless/caravel
+[submodule "caravel-lite"]
+	path = caravel-lite
+	url = https://github.com/Manarabdelaty/caravel-lite
diff --git a/caravel b/caravel
deleted file mode 160000
index cac0a20..0000000
--- a/caravel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit cac0a20d29435a312b4c04862dd66dc286218ebc
diff --git a/caravel-lite b/caravel-lite
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..02393a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/caravel-lite
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 02393a2ffd5676ce7c16fcba89e668f94d58f21f
diff --git a/verilog/dv/io_ports/Makefile b/verilog/dv/io_ports/Makefile
index 6fb1c25..c3a5e54 100644
--- a/verilog/dv/io_ports/Makefile
+++ b/verilog/dv/io_ports/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 ## Caravel Pointers
-CARAVEL_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/../../../caravel
+CARAVEL_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/../../../caravel-lite
 CARAVEL_PATH ?= $(CARAVEL_ROOT)
 CARAVEL_FIRMWARE_PATH = $(CARAVEL_PATH)/verilog/dv/caravel
 CARAVEL_VERILOG_PATH  = $(CARAVEL_PATH)/verilog
diff --git a/verilog/dv/la_test1/Makefile b/verilog/dv/la_test1/Makefile
index 701a425..adae20d 100644
--- a/verilog/dv/la_test1/Makefile
+++ b/verilog/dv/la_test1/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 ## Caravel Pointers
-CARAVEL_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/../../../caravel
+CARAVEL_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/../../../caravel-lite
 CARAVEL_PATH ?= $(CARAVEL_ROOT)
 CARAVEL_FIRMWARE_PATH = $(CARAVEL_PATH)/verilog/dv/caravel
 CARAVEL_VERILOG_PATH  = $(CARAVEL_PATH)/verilog
diff --git a/verilog/dv/la_test2/Makefile b/verilog/dv/la_test2/Makefile
index 3688e7c..6ba368f 100644
--- a/verilog/dv/la_test2/Makefile
+++ b/verilog/dv/la_test2/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 ## Caravel Pointers
-CARAVEL_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/../../../caravel
+CARAVEL_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/../../../caravel-lite
 CARAVEL_PATH ?= $(CARAVEL_ROOT)
 CARAVEL_FIRMWARE_PATH = $(CARAVEL_PATH)/verilog/dv/caravel
 CARAVEL_VERILOG_PATH  = $(CARAVEL_PATH)/verilog
diff --git a/verilog/dv/mprj_stimulus/Makefile b/verilog/dv/mprj_stimulus/Makefile
index 6dbfb28..c9a6ca7 100644
--- a/verilog/dv/mprj_stimulus/Makefile
+++ b/verilog/dv/mprj_stimulus/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 ## Caravel Pointers
-CARAVEL_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/../../../caravel
+CARAVEL_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/../../../caravel-lite
 CARAVEL_PATH ?= $(CARAVEL_ROOT)
 CARAVEL_FIRMWARE_PATH = $(CARAVEL_PATH)/verilog/dv/caravel
 CARAVEL_VERILOG_PATH  = $(CARAVEL_PATH)/verilog
diff --git a/verilog/dv/wb_port/Makefile b/verilog/dv/wb_port/Makefile
index ce20a88..70ad01f 100644
--- a/verilog/dv/wb_port/Makefile
+++ b/verilog/dv/wb_port/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 ## Caravel Pointers
-CARAVEL_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/../../../caravel
+CARAVEL_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd)/../../../caravel-lite
 CARAVEL_PATH ?= $(CARAVEL_ROOT)
 CARAVEL_FIRMWARE_PATH = $(CARAVEL_PATH)/verilog/dv/caravel
 CARAVEL_VERILOG_PATH  = $(CARAVEL_PATH)/verilog