diff --git a/src/rosdep2/main.py b/src/rosdep2/main.py
index 40ef01a18..cd0b7ddd6 100644
--- a/src/rosdep2/main.py
+++ b/src/rosdep2/main.py
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ def update_error_handler(data_source, exc):
         return 1
     try:
         print('reading in sources list data from %s' % (sources_list_dir))
-        sources_cache_dir = get_sources_cache_dir()
+        sources_cache_dir = options.sources_cache_dir
         try:
             if os.geteuid() == 0:
                 print("Warning: running 'rosdep update' as root is not recommended.", file=sys.stderr)
@@ -659,7 +659,9 @@ def update_error_handler(data_source, exc):
         except AttributeError:
             # nothing we wanna do under Windows
             pass
-        update_sources_list(success_handler=update_success_handler,
+        update_sources_list(sources_list_dir=sources_list_dir,
+                            sources_cache_dir=sources_cache_dir,
+                            success_handler=update_success_handler,
                             error_handler=update_error_handler,
                             skip_eol_distros=not options.include_eol_distros,
                             ros_distro=options.ros_distro)