diff --git a/owid-java b/owid-java
index 694f63332..764996e03 160000
--- a/owid-java
+++ b/owid-java
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 694f63332734132f9e432b9bf1e9ecb734af1b1c
+Subproject commit 764996e03ae231d871168cdec2787e99bac9160c
diff --git a/pipeline.did/pom.xml b/pipeline.did/pom.xml
index 4598505c4..2684f3a99 100644
--- a/pipeline.did/pom.xml
+++ b/pipeline.did/pom.xml
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <!-- Compile the OWID submodule source directly into this module,
-                 excluding the HTTP-only Endpoints class which is not needed
-                 for offline parse and verify. -->
+                 excluding the HTTP-only classes (Endpoints and
+                 PublicKeyFetch), which are not needed for offline parse
+                 and verify. The 51Did client fetches the cloud's published
+                 key list itself, through its own transport. -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/com/swancommunity/owid/Endpoints.java</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/com/swancommunity/owid/PublicKeyFetch.java</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>