diff --git a/plugins/git/internal-functions b/plugins/git/internal-functions
index f3a00dad8..f19649061 100755
--- a/plugins/git/internal-functions
+++ b/plugins/git/internal-functions
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ fn-git-fetch() {
   git remote rm remote > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
   git remote add --mirror=fetch --no-tags remote "$GIT_REMOTE"
   if [[ -z "$GIT_REF" ]]; then
-    git fetch remote "$DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH"
+    git fetch --update-head-ok remote "$DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH"
   else
-    git fetch remote
+    git fetch --update-head-ok remote
     git update-ref "refs/heads/$DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH" "$GIT_REF"
   fi
   popd > /dev/null