diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2379f43..51c7d3b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ extract_client_definition:
         - rm ws.json && mv ws.json-new ws.json
 
 generateclient_dotnetcore:
+    variables:
+        GIT_STRATEGY: fetch
     after_script:
         - INSTANCE_SPECIFIER=`cat instance.txt`
         - API_MAJOR_VERSION=`cat api_major_version.txt`