diff --git a/ec2/spark_ec2.py b/ec2/spark_ec2.py
index 65868b76b91fcfdd895ba7a14bbf2895407471e4..79848380c04aae6a1a8bc313f2dda0ecb9a74e6a 100755
--- a/ec2/spark_ec2.py
+++ b/ec2/spark_ec2.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def parse_args():
   parser.add_option("-v", "--spark-version", default="0.8.0",
       help="Version of Spark to use: 'X.Y.Z' or a specific git hash")
   parser.add_option("--spark-git-repo", 
-      default="https://github.com/mesos/spark", 
+      default="https://github.com/apache/incubator-spark",
       help="Github repo from which to checkout supplied commit hash")
   parser.add_option("--hadoop-major-version", default="1",
       help="Major version of Hadoop (default: 1)")