diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bf2774258..1a51f41ba 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ update-prod:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $PROD_HELM_TOKEN != null
   stage: publish
   script:
-    - git config user.name "Gitlab CI"
-    - git config user.email "noreply@example.com"
     - git clone https://token:${PROD_HELM_TOKEN}@gitlab.fakecake.org/git/helm-charts/tt-rss-prod.git chart
     - cd chart
+    - git config user.name "Gitlab CI"
+    - git config user.email "noreply@example.com"
     - yq -ei '.app.image.tag = "${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"' values-prod.yaml
     - yq -ei '.web.image.tag = "${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"' values-prod.yaml
     - git diff