diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 27cbbc3767..89732a9ccb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ lint:
   script:
     # if this is a merge request fork, then only check relevant apps
     - if [ "$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE" != "fdroid" ]; then
-        git fetch https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata;
+        git fetch https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata.git;
         test -d build || mkdir build;
         files=`git diff --name-only --diff-filter=d FETCH_HEAD...HEAD`;
         for f in $files; do