diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/libc-uvwasi/libc_uvwasi.cmake b/core/iwasm/libraries/libc-uvwasi/libc_uvwasi.cmake
index 6919efba2..f197b21d6 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/libc-uvwasi/libc_uvwasi.cmake
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/libc-uvwasi/libc_uvwasi.cmake
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ else()
     FetchContent_Declare(
         uvwasi
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/nodejs/uvwasi.git
-        GIT_TAG v0.0.21
+        GIT_TAG 392e1f1c1c8a2d2102c9f2e0b9f35959a149d133
     )
     FetchContent_MakeAvailable(uvwasi)
     include_directories("${uvwasi_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
diff --git a/core/iwasm/libraries/libc-uvwasi/libc_uvwasi_wrapper.c b/core/iwasm/libraries/libc-uvwasi/libc_uvwasi_wrapper.c
index 59616daf6..35d091e78 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/libraries/libc-uvwasi/libc_uvwasi_wrapper.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/libraries/libc-uvwasi/libc_uvwasi_wrapper.c
@@ -890,24 +890,6 @@ wasi_path_symlink(wasm_exec_env_t exec_env, const char *old_path,
     if (!uvwasi)
         return (wasi_errno_t)-1;
 
-    /*
-     * check if old_path is valid.
-     * if it is a symlink, follow it.
-     *
-     * this is a workaround for the fact that
-     * uvwasi_path_symlink does not check if the old_path is valid
-     *
-     * the goal is trigger uvwasi__resolve_path() to check
-     */
-    {
-        uvwasi_filestat_t filestat = { 0 };
-        wasi_errno_t err =
-            uvwasi_path_filestat_get(uvwasi, fd, UVWASI_LOOKUP_SYMLINK_FOLLOW,
-                                     old_path, old_path_len, &filestat);
-        if (err)
-            return err;
-    }
-
     return uvwasi_path_symlink(uvwasi, old_path, old_path_len, fd, new_path,
                                new_path_len);
 }