diff --git a/install_dependencies.sh b/install_dependencies.sh
index a6cec6d..e4f4d0c 100755
--- a/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 sudo apt-get -yqq update
 sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git python python-pip
-git clone https://github.com/adafruit/micropython.git
+git clone https://github.com/adafruit/micropython.git -b 2.x
 make -C micropython/mpy-cross
 export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/micropython/mpy-cross/
 sudo pip install shyaml