diff --git a/asv.conf.json b/asv.conf.json
index 5ef608174cca9a7ed70f0c3cfccc72d67ac51672..26ac70b487dfad732f16d42f68a23043e8538df3 100644
--- a/asv.conf.json
+++ b/asv.conf.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     // List of branches to benchmark. If not provided, defaults to "master"
     // (for git) or "default" (for mercurial).
-    "branches": ["master"],    // for git
+    "branches": ["main"],    // for git
 
     // The DVCS being used.  If not set, it will be automatically
     // determined from "repo" by looking at the protocol in the URL