diff --git a/src/install/prepare-sources-tarball.sh b/src/install/prepare-sources-tarball.sh
index 7d0e8622..bf3397ab 100755
--- a/src/install/prepare-sources-tarball.sh
+++ b/src/install/prepare-sources-tarball.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 tmp=$(mktemp -d)
 VERSION=$(cat ./src/cli/cli.go | grep 'Version = "v' | sed 's/[^0-9.]*\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/')
 echo $VERSION
-git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/schollz/croc $tmp/croc-${VERSION}
+git clone -b v${VERSION} --depth 1 https://github.com/schollz/croc $tmp/croc-${VERSION}
 (cd $tmp/croc-${VERSION} && go mod tidy && go mod vendor)
 (cd $tmp && tar -cvzf croc_${VERSION}_src.tar.gz croc-${VERSION})
 mv $tmp/croc_${VERSION}_src.tar.gz dist/