diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c7744cfd3e6..afc2ff31a8b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
     "projects": {
       "brave-core": {
         "dir": "src/brave",
-        "branch": "master",
         "repository": {
           "url": "https://github.com/brave/brave-core.git"
-        }
+        },
+        "tag": "v1.78.5"
       }
     }
   },