diff --git a/packages/falter-common/files/etc/freifunk_release b/packages/falter-common/files/etc/freifunk_release
index 004818e8..7ee769ae 100644
--- a/packages/falter-common/files/etc/freifunk_release
+++ b/packages/falter-common/files/etc/freifunk_release
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FREIFUNK_DISTRIB_ID="Freifunk Falter"
 FREIFUNK_RELEASE='snapshot'
-FREIFUNK_OPENWRT_BASE='main'
+FREIFUNK_OPENWRT_BASE='snapshot'
 FREIFUNK_REVISION='%R'
 FREIFUNK_VARIANT='standard'