diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9cba0d521..a4ebac3ef 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "utils/dependencies"]
 	path = utils/dependencies
 	url = ../mayastor-dependencies.git
-	branch = develop
+	branch = release/2.5
diff --git a/utils/utils-lib/src/test_constants.rs b/utils/utils-lib/src/test_constants.rs
index f81843f7a..2200fba8a 100644
--- a/utils/utils-lib/src/test_constants.rs
+++ b/utils/utils-lib/src/test_constants.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 /// Automatically generated by ROOT/scripts/rust/branch_ancestor.sh
-pub(crate) const TARGET_BRANCH: &str = "develop";
+pub(crate) const TARGET_BRANCH: &str = "release/2.5";
 pub(crate) const TARGET_REGISTRY: &str = "openebs";