diff --git a/hello-stratum.morph b/hello-stratum.morph
index 3b7be17..febfa60 100644
--- a/hello-stratum.morph
+++ b/hello-stratum.morph
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         {
             "name": "hello",
             "repo": "test:hello",
-            "ref": "master",
+            "ref": "newbranch",
             "build-depends": []
         }
     ]
diff --git a/hello-system.morph b/hello-system.morph
index 87a47f0..75b0f90 100644
--- a/hello-system.morph
+++ b/hello-system.morph
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
         {
             "morph": "hello-stratum",
             "repo": "test:morphs",
-            "ref": "master"
-         },
-         {
+            "ref": "newbranch"
+        },
+        {
             "morph": "xyzzy-stratum",
             "repo": "test:morphs",
-            "ref": "master"
-         }
+            "ref": "newbranch"
+        }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/xyzzy-stratum.morph b/xyzzy-stratum.morph
index 8f83beb..e0a895a 100644
--- a/xyzzy-stratum.morph
+++ b/xyzzy-stratum.morph
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         {
             "morph": "hello-stratum",
             "repo": "test:morphs",
-            "ref": "master"
+            "ref": "newbranch"
         }
     ],
     "chunks": [