diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0d70de3c818fe7a612856c5c84e8d98fab1d45ee..1fb3502a1128117131589bdea8d93c8b991af3bc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ format_json:
     - for file in Notebooks/*.ipynb; do jq --indent 1 . "$file" > tmp && mv tmp "$file"; done
     - git config --global user.email "ci-bot@example.com"
     - git config --global user.name "CI Bot"
+    - git fetch --unshallow
     - git add --all
     - git commit -m "Formatted IPYNB files"
     - git push origin $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME