diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual_generate_apk.yml b/.github/workflows/manual_generate_apk.yml
index 3d57058368..d910c53145 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual_generate_apk.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual_generate_apk.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # TODO: should try to fetch tags from whereever this repo was forked from before fetching from official repo
           git remote add upstream https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp.git # fetching from official repo as a fallback
-          git fetch --deepen=15000 --no-recurse-submodules --tags upstream || exit 0
+          git fetch --deepen=15000 --no-recurse-submodules --tags --force upstream || exit 0
         
       - name: Setup JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4