diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7888b70..037cde27 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pyc:
 deps:
 	rm -fr requests/packages/urllib3
 	git clone https://github.com/shazow/urllib3.git
-	cd urllib3 && git checkout python3 && cd ..
+	cd urllib3 && git checkout release && cd ..
 	mv urllib3/urllib3 requests/packages/
 	rm -fr urllib3