diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4ed1e82d7895..9da4271dd9f5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 [submodule "percona-toolkit"]
 	path = sources/percona-toolkit/src/github.com/percona/percona-toolkit
 	url = https://github.com/percona/percona-toolkit
-	branch = release-3.7.0-2
+	branch = NEEDED-FOR-PMM-3.5
 
 # PMM Server
 [submodule "grafana-dashboards"]