diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index f97ad4996..178732ba4 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ $modules{Global}{AttrList} =
   "verbose:1,2,3,4,5 mseclog version nofork logdir holiday2we " .
   "autoload_undefined_devices dupTimeout latitude longitude " .
   "backupcmd backupdir backupsymlink backup_before_update " .
-  "exclude_from_update motd";
+  "exclude_from_update motd updatebranch";
 
 $modules{Global}{AttrFn} = "GlobalAttr";