diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml b/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml
index 270c5c27..5c7449a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml	
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml	
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ jobs:
                     git config --local --name-only --get-regexp http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader
                     git config --local http.https://github.com/.extraheader "AUTHORIZATION: basic ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
                     if (-not $?) { throw "git config failed" }
-                    git fetch -c protocol.version=2 --no-tags --prune --depth=1 origin --filter=tree:0 --no-progress
+                    git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --depth=1 origin --filter=tree:0 --no-progress
                     if (-not $?) { throw "git fetch failed" }
                     
                     # git branch -r