diff --git a/jenkins/release.JenkinsFile b/jenkins/release.JenkinsFile
index 1af82aded..dd29fdeba 100644
--- a/jenkins/release.JenkinsFile
+++ b/jenkins/release.JenkinsFile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger(
         wait: true,
         parameters: [
             string(name: 'DOCKER_BUILD_GIT_REPOSITORY', value: 'https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-build'),
-            string(name: 'DOCKER_BUILD_GIT_REPOSITORY_REFERENCE', value: 'main'),
+            string(name: 'DOCKER_BUILD_GIT_REPOSITORY_REFERENCE', value: '1.3'),
             string(name: 'DOCKER_BUILD_SCRIPT_WITH_COMMANDS', value: [
                 'su $(id -un 1000) -c "cd docker/ci',
                 'git clone https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-benchmark opensearch-benchmark',