diff --git a/rocky/variables.conf b/rocky/variables.conf
index 9132bac..21f83f5 100644
--- a/rocky/variables.conf
+++ b/rocky/variables.conf
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ MODULE_DEFAULTS_BRANCH = 'r%s' % RELEASE_VERSION
 
 VARIANTS_SCM = 'git'
 VARIANTS_REPO = 'https://git.rockylinux.org/rocky/pungi-rocky.git'
-VARIANTS_BRANCH = 'r%ss' % RELEASE_VERSION_X
+VARIANTS_BRANCH = 'r%s' % RELEASE_VERSION
 VARIANTS_FILE = 'variants.xml'
 
 GATHER_PREPOPULATE_REPO = 'https://git.rockylinux.org/rocky/pungi-rocky.git'
-GATHER_PREPOPULATE_BRANCH = 'r%ss' % RELEASE_VERSION_X
+GATHER_PREPOPULATE_BRANCH = 'r%s' % RELEASE_VERSION
 GATHER_PREPOPULATE_FILE = 'prepopulate.json'
 GATHER_PREPOPULATE_COMMAND = ''