diff --git a/srock-bin/srock_common_vars b/srock-bin/srock_common_vars
index d53195596..49826dae5 100644
--- a/srock-bin/srock_common_vars
+++ b/srock-bin/srock_common_vars
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ NINJA_NPROCS=${NINJA_NPROCS:-$SROCK_JOB_THREADS}
 export SROCK_JOB_THREADS NINJA_NPROCS
 
 SROCK_DEV_BRANCH=${SROCK_DEV_BRANCH:-aomp-dev}
-SROCK_HIPFORT_BRANCH=${SROCK_HIPFORT_BRANCH:-release/rocm-rel-7.2}
+#SROCK_HIPFORT_BRANCH=${SROCK_HIPFORT_BRANCH:-release/rocm-rel-7.2}
+SROCK_HIPFORT_BRANCH=${SROCK_HIPFORT_BRANCH:-develop}
 SROCK_ROCGDB_BRANCH=${SROCK_ROCGDB_BRANCH:-release/rocm-rel-7.2}
 SROCK_ROCDBGAPI_BRANCH=${SROCK_ROCDBGAPI_BRANCH:-release/rocm-rel-7.2}