diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons b/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons
index 32e5001325..a8ff4c1fd0 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ for addontxt in "binary-addons https://github.com/kodi-game/repo-binary-addons.g
 
           OLD_HASH=$(get_pkg_var "${EMULATOR}" PKG_VERSION)
           PKG_SITE=$(get_pkg_var "${EMULATOR}" PKG_SITE)
-          GIT_HASH=$(git ls-remote $PKG_SITE master | awk '{print $1}')
+          GIT_HASH=$(git ls-remote $PKG_SITE HEAD | awk '{print $1}')
 
           if [ "$OLD_HASH" != "$GIT_HASH" -a -n "$GIT_HASH" ]; then
             update_pkg ${ROOT}/packages/emulation/$EMULATOR/package.mk ${EMULATOR} ${GIT_HASH}