diff --git a/relayer/relay/Cargo.toml b/relayer/relay/Cargo.toml
index 230f9879e9..31523aecea 100644
--- a/relayer/relay/Cargo.toml
+++ b/relayer/relay/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
 [dependencies]
 relayer-modules = { path = "../../modules" }
 tendermint = { git = "https://github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs.git", branch = "master" }
-tendermint-rpc = { git = "https://github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs.git", features=["client"] }
+tendermint-rpc = { git = "https://github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs.git", branch = "master", features=["client"] }
 anomaly = "0.2.0"
 async-trait = "0.1.24"
 humantime-serde = "1.0.0"