diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.module.conf.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.module.conf.j2
index 0753f6f376..e7bac17215 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.module.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.module.conf.j2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sigkeys = [
 module_defaults_dir = {
     'scm': 'git',
     'repo': 'https://pagure.io/releng/fedora-module-defaults.git',
-    'branch': 'master',
+    'branch': 'f[[ release.version_int ]]',
     'dir': '.'
 }