diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 32b46510c212303c693dd08508fcf5f35ded0119..82aa816f60e72f01e1fff135d0fa4a15ab1c904f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "actors/sunbird-lms-mw"]
 	path = actors/sunbird-lms-mw
 	url = https://github.com/project-sunbird/sunbird-lms-mw.git
-	branch = 2.6.5-to-2.7.0
+	branch = release-2.7.0