diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bd85b7d5..aedde77f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,14 +11,20 @@ update_patched_master:
     - patched_changes
   script:
     - apk add --no-cache git
-    - git config user.name "$GITLAB_USER_NAME"
-    - git config user.email "$GITLAB_USER_EMAIL"
-    - echo "Setting remote URL with authentication..."
-    - git remote set-url origin https://oauth2:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@git.haveno.com/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}.git
-    - echo "Fetching all branches..."
-    - git fetch --all
-    - echo "Resetting patched_master to patched_changes..."
+stages:
+  - update_patched_master
+
+update_patched_master:
+  stage: update_patched_master
+  only:
+    - patched_changes
+  script:
+    - echo "Cloning repository locally..."
+    - git clone ${CI_PROJECT_DIR} /tmp/repo
+    - cd /tmp/repo
+    - echo "Checking out patched_master branch..."
     - git checkout patched_master || git checkout -b patched_master
+    - echo "Resetting patched_master to patched_changes..."
     - git reset --hard origin/patched_changes
-    - echo "Force-pushing patched_master to match patched_changes..."
-    - git push origin patched_master --force
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+    - echo "Pushing updated patched_master branch..."
+    - git push origin patched_master --force