diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 99b0e0d9..20225be5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 [submodule "dbus-proxy"]
 	path = subprojects/dbus-proxy
 	url = https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-dbus-proxy.git
-	branch = master
+	branch = main
 [submodule "variant-schema-compiler"]
 	path = subprojects/variant-schema-compiler
 	url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/alexl/variant-schema-compiler.git