diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib_2.9.8.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib_2.9.8.bb
index 786940a7e0f..a3db6eb394b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib_2.9.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib_2.9.8.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEPENDS = "cracklib-native zlib"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-python --libdir=${base_libdir}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cracklib/cracklib;protocol=https;branch=master \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cracklib/cracklib;protocol=https;branch=main \
            file://0001-packlib.c-support-dictionary-byte-order-dependent.patch \
            file://0002-craklib-fix-testnum-and-teststr-failed.patch \
            "