diff --git a/ec2/spark_ec2.py b/ec2/spark_ec2.py
index 9f2daad2b632333b9dc288493d5ec52d908531db..aa73363eea24cf39ab6deafd1ba819641f0d7d5d 100755
--- a/ec2/spark_ec2.py
+++ b/ec2/spark_ec2.py
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def setup_cluster(conn, master_nodes, slave_nodes, zoo_nodes, opts, deploy_ssh_k
   if not opts.old_scripts:
     # NOTE: We should clone the repository before running deploy_files to
     # prevent ec2-variables.sh from being overwritten
-    ssh(master, opts, "rm -rf spark-ec2 && git clone https://github.com/mesos/spark-ec2.git")
+    ssh(master, opts, "rm -rf spark-ec2 && git clone https://github.com/pwendell/spark-ec2.git -b ec2-updates")
 
   print "Deploying files to master..."
   deploy_files(conn, "deploy.generic", opts, master_nodes, slave_nodes,