diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-saltstack-update b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-saltstack-update
index b15fce0089..4be8f095cf 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-saltstack-update
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-saltstack-update
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ got_root(){
 
 got_root
 if [ $# -ne 1 ] ; then
-  BRANCH=master
+  BRANCH=2.4/main
 else
   BRANCH=$1
 fi