diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 31946aa7eb..2833ef16a0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [submodule "gimp-data"]
 	path = gimp-data
 	url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp-data.git
+	branch = gimp-data-3-0
 	shallow = true