diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual_generate_uwp.yml b/.github/workflows/manual_generate_uwp.yml
index 04b5b05c34..27b2a88834 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual_generate_uwp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual_generate_uwp.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # TODO: should try to fetch tags from whereever this repo was forked from before fetching from official repo
           git remote add upstream https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp.git # fetching from official repo as a fallback
-          git fetch --deepen=15000 --no-recurse-submodules --tags upstream || exit 0
+          git fetch --deepen=15000 --no-recurse-submodules --tags --force upstream || exit 0
 
       - name: Add MSBuild to PATH
         uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@6fb02220983dee41ce7ae257b6f4d8f9bf5ed4ce # v2.0.0