diff --git a/ci/pipeline.yml b/ci/pipeline.yml
index 29a3f645..67aeef8b 100644
--- a/ci/pipeline.yml
+++ b/ci/pipeline.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ meta:
     uri:          (( concat "git@github.com:" meta.github.owner "/" meta.github.repo ))
     owner:        (( param "Please specify the name of the user / organization that owns the Github repository" ))
     repo:         (( param "Please specify the name of the Github repository" ))
-    branch:       master
+    branch:       v1.x
     private_key:  (( param "Please generate an SSH Deployment Key for this repo and specify it here" ))
     access_token: (( param "Please generate a Personal Access Token to be used for creating github releases (do you have a ci-bot?)" ))
 
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ jobs:
         params:
           name:   gh/name
           tag:    gh/tag
+          commitish: gh/branch
           body:   gh/notes.md
           globs: [gh/artifacts/*]
       - put: version
diff --git a/ci/scripts/shipit b/ci/scripts/shipit
index c1e2331d..88634651 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/shipit
+++ b/ci/scripts/shipit
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ header "Assembling Github Release Artifacts..."
 mkdir -p ${RELEASE_ROOT}/artifacts
 echo "v${VERSION}"                         > ${RELEASE_ROOT}/tag
 echo "v${VERSION}"                         > ${RELEASE_ROOT}/name
+echo "$BRANCH"                             > ${RELEASE_ROOT}/branch
 mv git/*.tar.gz                              ${RELEASE_ROOT}/artifacts
 mv ${REPO_ROOT}/ci/release_notes.md          ${RELEASE_ROOT}/notes.md
 cat > ${RELEASE_ROOT}/notification <<EOF