diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d5a6e0be..82282bee 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ gem 'haml', '~> 5.2.2' # pin see https://github.com/ncbo/ontologies_api/pull/107
 gem 'redcarpet'
 
 # NCBO
-gem 'goo', github: 'ncbo/goo', branch: 'develop'
-gem 'ncbo_annotator', github: 'ncbo/ncbo_annotator', branch: 'develop'
-gem 'ncbo_cron', github: 'ncbo/ncbo_cron', branch: 'develop'
-gem 'ncbo_ontology_recommender', github: 'ncbo/ncbo_ontology_recommender', branch: 'develop'
-gem 'ontologies_linked_data', github: 'ncbo/ontologies_linked_data', branch: 'develop'
-gem 'sparql-client', github: 'ncbo/sparql-client', branch: 'develop'
+gem 'goo', github: 'ncbo/goo', branch: 'master'
+gem 'ncbo_annotator', github: 'ncbo/ncbo_annotator', branch: 'master'
+gem 'ncbo_cron', github: 'ncbo/ncbo_cron', branch: 'master'
+gem 'ncbo_ontology_recommender', github: 'ncbo/ncbo_ontology_recommender', branch: 'master'
+gem 'ontologies_linked_data', github: 'ncbo/ontologies_linked_data', branch: 'master'
+gem 'sparql-client', github: 'ncbo/sparql-client', branch: 'master'
 
 group :development do
   # bcrypt_pbkdf and ed35519 is required for capistrano deployments when using ed25519 keys; see https://github.com/miloserdow/capistrano-deploy/issues/42
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 945edb9b..27deaffe 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ncbo/goo.git
-  revision: 204cecf98bedb30f8b4b6e6afb1984f7659175d8
-  branch: develop
+  revision: 077c674a6e277a51dca4ca681e49e3e3a55b918a
+  branch: master
   specs:
     goo (0.0.2)
       addressable (~> 2.8)
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ncbo/ncbo_annotator.git
-  revision: 75d1a8f302c8af4060bf62fc619f230084da521e
-  branch: develop
+  revision: 71d41e3afb35dafe29abfb6d9becaadc725bad36
+  branch: master
   specs:
     ncbo_annotator (0.0.1)
       goo
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ncbo/ncbo_cron.git
-  revision: 9de20c5fb4e0a14da899051077d83de96f764061
-  branch: develop
+  revision: a1a4babc0b5e36325b5af667a6a50b7af1f5f891
+  branch: master
   specs:
     ncbo_cron (0.0.1)
       dante
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ncbo/ncbo_ontology_recommender.git
-  revision: 4ce8fe8a8ea330b5cdd246287016f71032a4bf7a
-  branch: develop
+  revision: 6010ff60b99dc1282822b8a1fb59bd59f453755f
+  branch: master
   specs:
     ncbo_ontology_recommender (0.0.1)
       goo
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ncbo/ontologies_linked_data.git
-  revision: 8628abe3c349052fd389751db203b27e6e541087
-  branch: develop
+  revision: 4f9139d870c3b1771af1127afa17b679bd0f60dc
+  branch: master
   specs:
     ontologies_linked_data (0.0.1)
       activesupport
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ GIT
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ncbo/sparql-client.git
   revision: fb4a89b420f8eb6dda5190a126b6c62e32c4c0c9
-  branch: develop
+  branch: master
   specs:
     sparql-client (1.0.1)
       json_pure (>= 1.4)