diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d85d5d5fbf..b37aed3884 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ checkupdates_runner:
 
     - fdroid checkupdates --allow-dirty --auto --commit "${CHECKUPDATES_APPIDS[@]}" 2>&1 | tee /tmp/out || true
     - git pull --rebase origin master
-    # when two jobs try to push at the same time they occasionally fail, so try one more time if it fails
-    - git push origin HEAD:master || (git pull --rebase origin master && git push origin HEAD:master)
+    # when two jobs try to push at the same time they occasionally fail, so try it again
+    - while ! git push origin HEAD:master; do git pull --rebase origin master; done
     - echo "============== Summary ====================="
     - 'grep -v "INFO: Processing" /tmp/out || true'