diff --git a/docs/_bin/deploy-docs.sh b/docs/_bin/deploy-docs.sh
index 1c4ec433986..e3107be5293 100755
--- a/docs/_bin/deploy-docs.sh
+++ b/docs/_bin/deploy-docs.sh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ if [ -z "$opt_dryrun" ]; then
 {
   "title" : "Update Documentation for $version",
   "head"  : "$updatebranch",
-  "base"  : "master"
+  "base"  : "src"
 }
 EOF