diff --git a/gitlab-ci.yml b/gitlab-ci.yml
index 84b4886586187bdd94403bdd21e37ad80d8ff253..20d327db9a48f30e7b122b35ede64a7ef37a9ca4 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ sync:
     - echo "${CI_SERVER_PROTOCOL}://${GIT_PUSH_LOGIN}:${GIT_PUSH_PASSWORD}@${CI_SERVER_HOST}" >> ~/.git-credentials || true
     - ( test -n "${GIT_LOGIN}" && test -n "${GIT_PASSWORD}" ) && echo "https://${GIT_LOGIN}:${GIT_PASSWORD}@$(echo ${GIT_URL} | sed -r 's#([^/])/[^/].*#\1#' | sed -e 's|https://||g')" >> ~/.git-credentials || true
     - ( eval $(ssh-agent -s); echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null && mkdir -p ~/.ssh && echo -e "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" > ~/.ssh/config ) || true
+    - git checkout --track origin/master && git pull
     - git remote add upstream "${GIT_URL}" && git fetch upstream
-    - git checkout --track origin/master && git merge upstream/"${GIT_UPSTGREAM_BRANCH}"
+    - git pull "upstream/${GIT_UPSTGREAM_BRANCH}"
+    - echo -e "machine ${CI_SERVER_HOST}\nlogin ${GIT_PUSH_LOGIN}\npassword ${GIT_PUSH_PASSWORD}" > ~/.netrc
     - git push