diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 74d1049ce01..a8b94cbfa6e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
 [submodule "contrib/boringssl"]
 	path = contrib/boringssl
 	url = https://github.com/ClickHouse-Extras/boringssl.git
+	branch = MergeWithUpstream
 [submodule "contrib/NuRaft"]
 	path = contrib/NuRaft
 	url = https://github.com/ClickHouse-Extras/NuRaft.git