diff --git a/rtwcli/rtw_cmds/rtw_cmds/workspace/create_verb.py b/rtwcli/rtw_cmds/rtw_cmds/workspace/create_verb.py
index 625e819d..6ed42ddd 100644
--- a/rtwcli/rtw_cmds/rtw_cmds/workspace/create_verb.py
+++ b/rtwcli/rtw_cmds/rtw_cmds/workspace/create_verb.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 DEFAULT_FINAL_IMAGE_NAME_FORMAT = "rtw_{workspace_name}_final"
 DEFAULT_CONTAINER_NAME_FORMAT = "{final_image_name}-instance"
 DEFAULT_HOSTNAME_FORMAT = "rtw-{workspace_name}-docker"
-DEFAULT_RTW_DOCKER_BRANCH = "rtw_ws_create"
+DEFAULT_RTW_DOCKER_BRANCH = "master"
 DEFAULT_RTW_DOCKER_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/ros_team_workspace")
 DEFAULT_UPSTREAM_WS_NAME_FORMAT = "{workspace_name}_upstream"
 DEFAULT_WS_REPOS_FILE_FORMAT = "{repo_name}.{ros_distro}.repos"