diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst
index 2922bbd0..4a1cd46f 100644
--- a/Documentation/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/index.rst
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ in :file:`config.yaml.template`.
 
 .. describe:: Gramine.Branch
 
-   Use this release/branch of the repository. Default value: ``v1.8``.
+   Use this release/branch of the repository. Default value: ``master``.
 
 .. describe:: Gramine.Image
 
diff --git a/config.yaml.template b/config.yaml.template
index f565a85e..7fa41920 100644
--- a/config.yaml.template
+++ b/config.yaml.template
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Registry: ""
 # branch is guaranteed to work with current Gramine `master` branch).
 Gramine:
     Repository: "https://github.com/gramineproject/gramine.git"
-    Branch:     "v1.8"
+    Branch:     "master"
 
 # Specify the Intel SGX driver installed on your machine (more specifically, on the machine where
 # the graminized Docker container will run); there are several variants of the SGX driver: