diff --git a/jjb/opendev/push-upstream-jobs.sh b/jjb/opendev/push-upstream-jobs.sh
index 7f2a696..ef22aba 100755
--- a/jjb/opendev/push-upstream-jobs.sh
+++ b/jjb/opendev/push-upstream-jobs.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 # do not fail if git push fails as in case of no new changes we want to succeed. See below.
 set +o pipefail
 
-git push "$opendev_remote_url" "$refspec" 2>&1 | tee push_result.txt
+git push --no-thin "$opendev_remote_url" "$refspec" 2>&1 | tee push_result.txt
 push_result=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 
 # make the job a success if the above git push fails due to no new changes are needed