diff --git a/externals/cubeb b/externals/cubeb
index 616d77344..1d66483ad 160000
--- a/externals/cubeb
+++ b/externals/cubeb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 616d773441b5355800ce64197a699e6cd6b36172
+Subproject commit 1d66483ad2b93f0e00e175f9480c771af90003a7
diff --git a/src/audio_core/cubeb_sink.cpp b/src/audio_core/cubeb_sink.cpp
index 88dcf3fef..ec09f7030 100644
--- a/src/audio_core/cubeb_sink.cpp
+++ b/src/audio_core/cubeb_sink.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ CubebSink::CubebSink(std::string_view target_device_name) : impl(std::make_uniqu
     params.channels = 2;
     params.layout = CUBEB_LAYOUT_STEREO;
     params.format = CUBEB_SAMPLE_S16NE;
-    params.prefs = CUBEB_STREAM_PREF_NONE;
+    params.prefs = CUBEB_STREAM_PREF_PERSIST;
 
     u32 minimum_latency = 100 * impl->sample_rate / 1000; // Firefox default
     if (cubeb_get_min_latency(impl->ctx, &params, &minimum_latency) != CUBEB_OK) {