diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 08eb138c..3fc245e1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "third_party/libnvidia-container"]
 	path = third_party/libnvidia-container
 	url = https://gitlab.com/nvidia/container-toolkit/libnvidia-container.git
+	branch = main
 [submodule "third_party/nvidia-container-runtime"]
 	path = third_party/nvidia-container-runtime
 	url = https://gitlab.com/nvidia/container-toolkit/container-runtime.git