diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fff4f05..793954d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SHELL := bash
 NAME = cephadm
 DIST ?= el8
 BASE := "https://github.com/ceph/ceph"
-BRANCH := "octopus"
+BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | cut -d'-' -f5)
 VERSION ?= $(shell cat SPECS/cephadm.spec.in | awk '/Version/ { print $$2}')
 LOCALHASH := $(shell cat SPECS/cephadm.spec.in | awk '/Source0/ { print $$2}' | cut -d'/' -f7)
 RELEASE ?= $(shell cat SPECS/cephadm.spec.in | awk '/Release/ {print $$2}' | cut -d'%' -f1)