diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
index d7f825eaa..91a494847 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ LINUX_CUSTOM_DIR="linux-custom"
 if [ ! -f "$VMLINUX_IMAGE" ]; then
     SRCDIR=$PWD
     pushd $WORKLOADS_DIR
-    time git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/linux.git" -b "virtio-fs-virtio-iommu" $LINUX_CUSTOM_DIR
+    time git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/linux.git" -b "virtio-fs-virtio-iommu-5.5-rc1" $LINUX_CUSTOM_DIR
     pushd $LINUX_CUSTOM_DIR
     cp $SRCDIR/resources/linux-virtio-fs-virtio-iommu-config .config
     time make bzImage -j `nproc`