diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
index 056d73db21ee097d4badd9322575fd82df410720..ec20fc2a2084238124171f83fd05399604a42b84 100644
--- a/debian/gbp.conf
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 upstream-branch = master
-debian-branch = debian-squeeze
+debian-branch = debian-squeeze-sloppy
 upstream-tag = v%(version)s
 debian-tag = debian/%(version)s