diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync_to_nemo.yaml b/.github/workflows/sync_to_nemo.yaml
index f7167feb5e5408413fe58fb2c7cb9b24b9ac240c..765da5bf7c20ff1efa79509d348fb6d430f06227 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync_to_nemo.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync_to_nemo.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Fetch and merge changes from GitLab
         run: |
-          git fetch gitlab nemo
-          git merge gitlab/nemo
+          git fetch gitlab nemo:development
+          git merge gitlab/nemo:development
 
       - name: Push to GitLab
         run: |