diff --git a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
index c81d693f..816aa55e 100644
--- a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
+++ b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	composetypes "github.com/docker/cli/cli/compose/types"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
+	gitConfig "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/config"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -616,9 +617,17 @@ func EnsureUpToDate(recipeName string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	fetchOpts := &git.FetchOptions{Tags: git.AllTags}
+	fmt.Println(branch)
+	fetchOpts := &git.FetchOptions{
+		Tags: git.AllTags,
+		RefSpecs: []gitConfig.RefSpec{
+			gitConfig.RefSpec(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", branch, branch)),
+		},
+	}
 	if err := repo.Fetch(fetchOpts); err != nil {
-		return err
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "already up-to-date") {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	opts := &git.PullOptions{