diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 1fe3c7e9ef..4e2cc7a77d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   # if running on RMG-Py but requiring changes on an un-merged branch of RMG-database, replace
   # main with the name of the branch
-  RMG_DATABASE_BRANCH: lithium_rebase
+  RMG_DATABASE_BRANCH: main
 
 
 jobs: