diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka_git.bb
index d98fa2c..8f777eb 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka_git.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 file://LICENSE;md5=d8b4ca15d239dc1485ef495c8f1bcc72 \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/mfontanini/cppkafka;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/mfontanini/cppkafka;protocol=https;branch=master"
 SRCREV = "5e4b350806d561473138ce7a982e8f6cf2e77733"
 
 DEPENDS = "librdkafka boost chrpath-replacement-native"