diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/repositories/cni-calico.yaml b/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/repositories/cni-calico.yaml
index 14231d137..a8c6411e2 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/repositories/cni-calico.yaml
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/repositories/cni-calico.yaml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ spec:
   url: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico
   ref:
     {{- with .Values.version }}
-    branch: {{ printf "release-v3.%d" (.minor | int) }}
+    semver: {{ printf "v3.%d.x" (.minor | int) }}
     {{- end }}
   ignore: |
     /manifests/**
     !/manifests/calico.yaml
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{- end }}