diff --git a/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py b/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
index c9e50558e339b4a5aba514b2c9ac3048e250fd57..1ce3a2cb10a097482e8d4d56f246913e78880176 100755
--- a/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
+++ b/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
@@ -392,8 +392,9 @@ def get_available_package_sets(mpsd_release: str) -> List[str]:
     tmp_dir_path = Path(tmp_dir.name)
 
     # find package_sets by cloning repository and checking out right branch
+    brach_name = f"releases/{mpsd_release}"
     clone_repo(
-        tmp_dir_path, config_vars["spack_environments_repo"], branch=mpsd_release
+        tmp_dir_path, config_vars["spack_environments_repo"], branch=brach_name
     )
     # look for directories defining the package_sets