diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9e4b5b2..815219a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "odpi"]
 	path = odpi
 	url = https://github.com/oracle/odpi.git
+	branch = v2.0.x
diff --git a/odpi b/odpi
index dfa763c..a9f97d5 160000
--- a/odpi
+++ b/odpi
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit dfa763c343a64e85c60bda1cae93af35e9967b9d
+Subproject commit a9f97d54e6529b39eac3322c9cb58e8a78b730b8
diff --git a/test/DMLReturning.py b/test/DMLReturning.py
index 5871eeb..c6920c1 100644
--- a/test/DMLReturning.py
+++ b/test/DMLReturning.py
@@ -102,3 +102,19 @@ class TestDMLReturning(BaseTestCase):
                 "The final value of string 10"
         ])
 
+    def testInsertAndReturnObject(self):
+        "test inserting an object with DML returning"
+        typeObj = self.connection.gettype("UDT_OBJECT")
+        stringValue = "The string that will be verified"
+        obj = typeObj.newobject()
+        obj.STRINGVALUE = stringValue
+        outVar = self.cursor.var(cx_Oracle.OBJECT, typename = "UDT_OBJECT")
+        self.cursor.execute("""
+                insert into TestObjects (IntCol, ObjectCol)
+                values (4, :obj)
+                returning ObjectCol into :outObj""",
+                obj = obj, outObj = outVar)
+        result = outVar.getvalue()
+        self.assertEqual(result.STRINGVALUE, stringValue)
+        self.connection.rollback()
+