diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b96bce5..a97ed1a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "detee-shared"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+ssh://git@gitea.detee.cloud/testnet/proto?branch=main#b5289f1f5ba3ddae2ee066d6deb073ce92436b71"
+source = "git+ssh://git@gitea.detee.cloud/testnet/proto?branch=surreal_brain#d0d4622c52efdf74ed6582fbac23a6159986ade3"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "prost",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0fcab8c..70376ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ serde_json = "1.0.135"
 bs58 = "0.5.1"
 chrono = "0.4.39"
 
-detee-shared = { git = "ssh://git@gitea.detee.cloud/testnet/proto", branch = "main" }
+# TODO: switch this back to main after the upgrade
+detee-shared = { git = "ssh://git@gitea.detee.cloud/testnet/proto", branch = "surreal_brain" }
 # detee-shared = { path = "../detee-shared" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/global.rs b/src/global.rs
index e436073..9100541 100644
--- a/src/global.rs
+++ b/src/global.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use std::{fs::File, io::Read, io::Write};
 
 pub(crate) const DETEE_ROOT_CA: &str = "/etc/detee/root_ca.pem";
-pub(crate) const BRAIN_STAGING: (&str, &str) = ("https://159.65.58.38:31337", "staging-brain");
+pub(crate) const BRAIN_STAGING: (&str, &str) = ("https://149.36.48.100:31337", "staging-brain");
 pub(crate) const BRAIN_TESTING: (&str, &str) = ("https://164.92.249.180:31337", "testnet-brain");
 pub(crate) const VM_BOOT_DIR: &str = "/var/lib/detee/boot/";
 pub(crate) const USED_RESOURCES: &str = "/etc/detee/daemon/used_resources.yaml";