diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6dcdfdea0c6cac8d7f54f458c1a5d11b017a4339..b18ae221c2b9f7877e4e8b4d8d2ad5515e89101b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ helm-lint:
     - helm repo add nmaas-helm-mirror https://artifactory.software.geant.org/artifactory/nmaas-helm-mirror
   script:
     - git checkout $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+    - git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
     - git pull
     - ct lint --all --debug --target-branch master
   rules: