diff --git a/ci/dependabot-pr.sh b/ci/dependabot-pr.sh
index 9ef6816ce..769dc33cf 100755
--- a/ci/dependabot-pr.sh
+++ b/ci/dependabot-pr.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ api_base="https://api.github.com/repos/solana-labs/solana/pulls"
 pr_num=$(echo "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" | grep -Eo '[0-9]+')
 branch=$(curl -s "$api_base/$pr_num" | python3 -c 'import json,sys;print(json.load(sys.stdin)["head"]["ref"])')
 
+git pull
 git add :**/Cargo.lock
 EMAIL="dependabot-buildkite@noreply.solana.com" \
   GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$name" \