diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c07d06b8bb4570cc8b49cff227f52d2e884e6420..380e84e8f44c396aabac08a2543be69d978f7f1a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ release:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" && $CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE !~ /^chore\(release\):/'
       when: always
   variables:
+    GIT_STRATEGY: clone
     GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY: "true"
     GIT_ASKPASS: "true"
     GITLAB_TOKEN: $SEMANTIC_RELEASE_GITLAB_TOKEN