diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 05207ee45df35d35fbf634de47481c60a2cfb27d..e56539fa638cd0b7cb02920ba8420ca58d399034 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stages:
 variables: # default values
   MATLABCMD: "matlab960"
   TESTCASE: ""
-  GIT_STRATEGY: none
+  GIT_STRATEGY: fetch
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: none
   CLEAN: 0 
   TIMEOUT: "2h"