diff --git a/scripts/lib.sh b/scripts/lib.sh
index d86a2246f1..ba4b615978 100644
--- a/scripts/lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib.sh
@@ -35,14 +35,13 @@ get_from_kata_deps() {
 	local branch="${2:-master}"
 	local runtime_repo="github.com/kata-containers/runtime"
 	GOPATH=${GOPATH:-${HOME}/go}
-	versions_file="${GOPATH}/src/github.com/kata-containers/runtime/versions.yaml"
+	versions_file="versions-${branch}.yaml"
 	if [ ! -e "${versions_file}" ]; then
 		yaml_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kata-containers/runtime/${branch}/versions.yaml"
 		echo "versions file (${versions_file}) does not exist" >&2
 		echo "Download from ${yaml_url}" >&2
 		#make sure yq is installed
 		install_yq >&2
-		versions_file="versions_${branch}.yaml"
 		curl --silent -o "${versions_file}" "$yaml_url"
 	fi
 	result=$("${GOPATH}/bin/yq" read "$versions_file" "$dependency")