diff --git a/jobs/templates/self-deploy-jobs.yaml b/jobs/templates/self-deploy-jobs.yaml
index 74d3310..fb31b57 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/self-deploy-jobs.yaml
+++ b/jobs/templates/self-deploy-jobs.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     name: self-deploy-jobs
     parameters:
     - string:
-        default: 'master'
+        default: 'refs/for/master'
         description: 'tcp-qa review refspec'
         name: GERRIT_REFSPEC
         trim: 'true'