diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 72413de1..46e43a97 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.8.3
+sbt.version=1.8.2
diff --git a/variables.mk b/variables.mk
index d43c0b63..8c9207dc 100644
--- a/variables.mk
+++ b/variables.mk
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS ?= -Xmx$(JAVA_HEAP_SIZE) -Xss8M -Djava.io.tmpdir=$(JAVA
 SCALA_BUILDTOOL_DEPS = $(SBT_SOURCES)
 
 # passes $(JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS) from env to java
-export SBT_OPTS ?= -Dsbt.ivy.home=$(base_dir)/.ivy2 -Dsbt.global.base=$(base_dir)/.sbt -Dsbt.boot.directory=$(base_dir)/.sbt/boot/ -Dsbt.color=always -Dsbt.supershell=false
+export SBT_OPTS ?= -Dsbt.ivy.home=$(base_dir)/.ivy2 -Dsbt.global.base=$(base_dir)/.sbt -Dsbt.boot.directory=$(base_dir)/.sbt/boot/ -Dsbt.color=always -Dsbt.supershell=false -Dsbt.server.forcestart=true
 SBT ?= java -jar $(ROCKETCHIP_DIR)/sbt-launch.jar $(SBT_OPTS)
 
 # (1) - classpath of the fat jar