diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fecfd7320a2fe2772f59cfdcc894f131a31195a5..f2c169a8acb5e5020438492ffed47b6187590f9d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 }
 
 buildscript {
-  apply from: "https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/raw/indigo/buildscript.gradle"
+  apply from: "https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/raw/kinetic/buildscript.gradle"
 }
 
 apply plugin: "catkin"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ subprojects {
      * 
      * To modify, or add repos to the default external maven repositories list, pull request against this code:
      * 
-     *   https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/blob/indigo/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosPlugin.groovy#L31
+     *   https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/blob/kinetic/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosPlugin.groovy#L31
      */
     apply plugin: "ros-java"
     apply plugin: "osgi"
diff --git a/docs/src/main/sphinx/installing.rst b/docs/src/main/sphinx/installing.rst
index 0c456d31fcef359d44db65e40da275e5f647c4c9..336473930d881cdca504ddecb8e507a1d3790194 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/sphinx/installing.rst
+++ b/docs/src/main/sphinx/installing.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ you simply need to clone the github repository
 
   git clone https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_core
   cd rosjava_core
-  git checkout -b indigo origin/indigo
+  git checkout -b kinetic origin/kinetic
 
 and proceed immediately to the section on :ref:`building`.