diff --git a/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoidata.yaml b/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoidata.yaml
index a7553aad..aeac3147 100644
--- a/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoidata.yaml
+++ b/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoidata.yaml
@@ -830,7 +830,6 @@ softwarePlugins:
     plugins:
       - https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale.git
       - https://github.com/pearofducks/ansible-vim.git
-      - https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim.git
       - https://github.com/ekalinin/dockerfile.vim.git
       - https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-vim.git
       - https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git
diff --git a/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoiexternal.toml b/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoiexternal.toml
index 350bf5e3..96ac041e 100644
--- a/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoiexternal.toml
+++ b/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoiexternal.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
     clone.args = ["--depth", "1"]
     pull.args = ["--ff-only"]
 {{- end }}
+### coc.nvim VIM plugin requires custom branch "release"
+[".vim/plugged/coc.nvim"]
+    type = "git-repo"
+    url = "https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim.git"
+    refreshPeriod = "{{ $refreshPeriod }}"
+    clone.args = ["--branch", "release", "--depth", "1"]
+    pull.args = ["--ff-only"]
 
 ### Betelgeuse Theme
 [".local/src/betelgeuse"]