diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 09ca8c41..3649060e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ pending-updates:
   script:
     - rm -fr update-report
     # This configuration has all of the layers we need enabled
-    - kas shell ci/qemuarm64.yml:ci/meta-openembedded.yml --command \
+    - kas shell --update --force-checkout ci/qemuarm64.yml:ci/meta-openembedded.yml --command \
       "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/scripts/machine-summary.py -t report -o $CI_PROJECT_DIR/update-report $($CI_PROJECT_DIR/ci/listmachines.py meta-arm meta-arm-bsp)"
   # Do this on x86 whilst the compilers are x86-only
   tags: