diff --git a/repo_resource/common.py b/repo_resource/common.py
index 0b20c87..7cbaa1b 100644
--- a/repo_resource/common.py
+++ b/repo_resource/common.py
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ def __init__(self, url, revision='HEAD', name='default.xml',
         self.__name = name
         self.__depth = depth
         self.__version: Version = None
-        self.__remote = {}
+        self.__rmt_url = {}
+        self.__rmt_rev = {}
         workdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
         # gitrepo from https://github.com/grouperenault/gitrepo
@@ -240,11 +241,17 @@ def __change_to_workdir(self):
     def __restore_oldpwd(self):
         os.chdir(self.__oldpwd)
 
-    def __add_remote(self, remote, url):
-        self.__remote[remote] = url
+    def __add_remote_url(self, remote, url):
+        self.__rmt_url[remote] = url
+
+    def __add_remote_rev(self, remote, rev):
+        self.__rmt_rev[remote] = rev
 
     def __remote_url(self, remote):
-        return self.__remote[remote]
+        return self.__rmt_url[remote]
+
+    def __remote_rev(self, remote):
+        return self.__rmt_rev[remote]
 
     def init(self):
         self.__change_to_workdir()
@@ -357,17 +364,21 @@ def update_manifest(self, jobs):
                 xml = ET.parse('.repo/manifests/'+self.__name)
                 manifest = xml.getroot()
 
-                # Get default values from manifest
-                defaults = manifest.find('default')
-                if defaults is not None:
-                    defaultRemote = defaults.get('remote')
-                    defaultBranch = defaults.get('revision')
-
                 for r in manifest.findall('remote'):
                     url = r.get('fetch').rstrip('/')
                     if not re.match("[a-zA-Z]+://", url):
                         url = re.sub('/[a-z-.]*$', '/', self.__url) + url
-                    self.__add_remote(r.get('name'), url)
+                    self.__add_remote_url(r.get('name'), url)
+                    rev = r.get('revision')
+                    if rev is not None:
+                        self.__add_remote_rev(r.get('name'), rev)
+
+                # Get default values from manifest
+                defaults = manifest.find('default')
+                if defaults is not None:
+                    defaultRemote = defaults.get('remote')
+                    defaultBranch = defaults.get('revision') \
+                        or self.__remote_rev(defaultRemote)
 
                 for p in manifest.findall('project'):
                     project = p.get('name')