diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
index c3b9a06b3..f9e2eadcc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/operator-framework
 cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/operator-framework
 git clone https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk
 cd operator-sdk
-git checkout master
+git checkout v0.0.7
 make dep
 make install
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