diff --git a/public_html/deployment/classes/vcs.git.class.php b/public_html/deployment/classes/vcs.git.class.php
index 00b5020ee8b57d9be548484cb9f3b8d788c3618d..9302e88fd39277ae5ef36697fcde4bcc332a5bc9 100644
--- a/public_html/deployment/classes/vcs.git.class.php
+++ b/public_html/deployment/classes/vcs.git.class.php
@@ -535,9 +535,10 @@ class vcs implements iVcs
             }
 
             // TODO: git 1.9 does needs only the line with --tags
+            // #7706 add --force
             $sGitCmd .= ' ( '
                 // . 'git fetch --update-head-ok --tags --depth 1 2>&1 ; ' // 1.5 s
-                . 'git fetch --update-head-ok --tags --depth 1 2>&1 ; ' // 1.5 s
+                . 'git fetch --update-head-ok --tags --depth 1 --force 2>&1 ; ' // 1.5 s
                 //. 'git fetch --update-head-ok --depth 1 2>&1 '          // 1.5 s
                 . ') && ';
         }