diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1dbb3b61f6c9ed9e6b8c49a2f1a086737e4d3d15..24c462417956d013844ba4c1aeff30a0eee4f910 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ image: eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/eic/juggler/juggler:$JUGGLER_TAG
 
 variables:
   GITHUB_REPOSITORY: https://github.com/eic/detector_benchmarks
-  GITHUB_REF: main
+  GITHUB_REF: master
 
 default:
   tags: