diff --git a/tests/tests-repo-clone.sh b/tests/tests-repo-clone.sh
index 3e4ffd66..1927a6af 100755
--- a/tests/tests-repo-clone.sh
+++ b/tests/tests-repo-clone.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ elif [[ ! -d tests/common ]]; then
     # Otherwise we're clearly not in zuul or using a previously setup
     # repo in some way, so just clone it from upstream.
     else
-        git clone \
+        git clone -b stable/queens \
             https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-tests \
             ${WORKING_DIR}/tests/common
     fi