diff --git a/infra/config/recipes.cfg b/infra/config/recipes.cfg
index ce83d78c98..92ef76c47f 100644
--- a/infra/config/recipes.cfg
+++ b/infra/config/recipes.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "canonical_repo_url": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git",
   "deps": {
     "recipe_engine": {
-      "branch": "main",
+      "branch": "refs/heads/main",
       "revision": "c442abe17a96f858f281b0b5a597cd5d577b4526",
       "url": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/infra/luci/recipes-py.git"
     }