diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c09adef..51baba2b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The code should also work with the latest version of ndnSIM, but it is not guara
     mkdir ndnSIM
     cd ndnSIM
 
-    git clone -b ndnSIM-2.5 https://github.com/named-data-ndnSIM/ns-3-dev.git ns-3
+    git clone -b ndnSIM-v2.5 https://github.com/named-data-ndnSIM/ns-3-dev.git ns-3
     git clone -b 0.18.0 https://github.com/named-data-ndnSIM/pybindgen.git pybindgen
     git clone -b ndnSIM-2.5 --recursive https://github.com/named-data-ndnSIM/ndnSIM ns-3/src/ndnSIM