diff --git a/compiler.xml b/compiler.xml
index d45361d..d75a7ab 100644
--- a/compiler.xml
+++ b/compiler.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
 
-  <default revision="master" remote="starlingx"/>
+  <default revision="f/caracal" remote="starlingx"/>
   <include name="common.xml" />
 
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="compile.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/compile" />
diff --git a/containers.xml b/containers.xml
index 56d2926..c96580b 100644
--- a/containers.xml
+++ b/containers.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
   
-  <default revision="master" remote="stx-staging"/>
+  <default revision="f/caracal" remote="stx-staging"/>
   <include name="common.xml" />
   
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="ansible-playbooks.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/ansible-playbooks"/>
diff --git a/default.xml b/default.xml
index ab3d27d..157a3fd 100644
--- a/default.xml
+++ b/default.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
 
   <remote name="stx-staging" fetch="https://github.com/starlingx-staging"/>
-  <default revision="master" remote="stx-staging"/>
+  <default revision="f/caracal" remote="stx-staging"/>
 
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="jenkins-pipelines.git" path="stx-jenkins-pipelines"/>
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="virtual-deployment.git" path="stx-virtual-deployment"/>
diff --git a/distro.xml b/distro.xml
index c1ced73..4e156f3 100644
--- a/distro.xml
+++ b/distro.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
 
-  <default revision="master" remote="stx-staging"/>
+  <default revision="f/caracal" remote="stx-staging"/>
   <include name="common.xml" />
 
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="integ.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/integ" />
diff --git a/flock.xml b/flock.xml
index c7f6032..732095c 100644
--- a/flock.xml
+++ b/flock.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
 
-  <default revision="master" remote="starlingx"/>
+  <default revision="f/caracal" remote="starlingx"/>
   <include name="common.xml" />
 
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="ansible-playbooks.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/ansible-playbooks"/>
diff --git a/stx-openstack.xml b/stx-openstack.xml
index ea56f87..df84dfe 100644
--- a/stx-openstack.xml
+++ b/stx-openstack.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
 
-  <default revision="master" remote="starlingx"/>
+  <default revision="f/caracal" remote="starlingx"/>
 
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="root.git"                 path="cgcs-root"/>