diff --git a/tools/builder_defaults.sh b/tools/builder_defaults.sh
index cf911a5546..fc4942cc65 100644
--- a/tools/builder_defaults.sh
+++ b/tools/builder_defaults.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ GIT_REPO_BASE=$(git -C ${BUILDER_ROOT} config --get remote.origin.url | sed -e '
 
 # This is used for using svn for retrieving src
 export FREEBSD_REPO_BASE=${FREEBSD_REPO_BASE:-"${GIT_REPO_BASE}/freebsd-src.git"}
-export FREEBSD_BRANCH=${FREEBSD_BRANCH:-"RELENG_2_4"}
+export FREEBSD_BRANCH=${FREEBSD_BRANCH:-"RELENG_2_4_4"}
 export FREEBSD_SRC_DIR=${FREEBSD_SRC_DIR:-"${SCRATCHDIR}/FreeBSD-src"}
 
 export BUILD_KERNELS=${BUILD_KERNELS:-"${PRODUCT_NAME}"}