diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 44d816c42a..8ff14997f4 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ vars = {
   'gpuweb_cts_revision': '177a4faf0a7ce6f8c64b42a715c634e363912a74',
   'protobuf_revision': 'fde7cf7358ec7cd69e8db9be4f1fa6a5c431386a',
   'spirv_headers_revision': '1d4e3a7e3a04ba205ed8cb1485f7cb7369bec609',
-  'spirv_tools_revision': '640b17b5fbc65f2aed9106ad96ba40c51fa20195',
+  'spirv_tools_revision': '9c4481419ec1710d1b098982ecffda6b7fad88a9',
   'testing_revision': '2691851e49de541c3fe42fa8692ddcdee938162f',
 }
 
diff --git a/fuzzers/tint_spirv_tools_fuzzer/spirv_fuzz_mutator.cc b/fuzzers/tint_spirv_tools_fuzzer/spirv_fuzz_mutator.cc
index dca10f1f22..c588813e4b 100644
--- a/fuzzers/tint_spirv_tools_fuzzer/spirv_fuzz_mutator.cc
+++ b/fuzzers/tint_spirv_tools_fuzzer/spirv_fuzz_mutator.cc
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ SpirvFuzzMutator::SpirvFuzzMutator(
           std::make_unique<spvtools::fuzz::FactManager>(ir_context.get()),
           validator_options_);
 
+  // The value 'true' is passed for ignore_inapplicable_transformations so that
+  // fuzzing continues even when transformations that should be applicable turn
+  // out to be inapplicable.
   auto fuzzer_context = std::make_unique<spvtools::fuzz::FuzzerContext>(
       std::make_unique<spvtools::fuzz::PseudoRandomGenerator>(seed),
       spvtools::fuzz::FuzzerContext::GetMinFreshId(ir_context.get()), false);
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ SpirvFuzzMutator::SpirvFuzzMutator(
       std::move(ir_context), std::move(transformation_context),
       std::move(fuzzer_context), util::GetBufferMessageConsumer(errors_.get()),
       donors, enable_all_passes, repeated_pass_strategy,
-      validate_after_each_pass, validator_options_);
+      validate_after_each_pass, validator_options_, true);
 }
 
 Mutator::Result SpirvFuzzMutator::Mutate() {