diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 29a79f7d6d..8696d8b254 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ async function run(context, plugins) {
   await verify(context);
 
   options.repositoryUrl = await getGitAuthUrl(context);
-  context.branches = await getBranches(options.repositoryUrl, context);
+  context.branches = await getBranches(options.repositoryUrl, ciBranch, context);
   context.branch = context.branches.find(({name}) => name === ciBranch);
 
   if (!context.branch) {
diff --git a/lib/branches/index.js b/lib/branches/index.js
index b3781f0905..b94e76f23b 100644
--- a/lib/branches/index.js
+++ b/lib/branches/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const expand = require('./expand');
 const getTags = require('./get-tags');
 const normalize = require('./normalize');
 
-module.exports = async (repositoryUrl, context) => {
+module.exports = async (repositoryUrl, ciBranch, context) => {
   const {cwd, env} = context;
 
   const remoteBranches = await expand(
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module.exports = async (repositoryUrl, context) => {
   );
 
   await pEachSeries(remoteBranches, async ({name}) => {
-    await fetch(repositoryUrl, name, {cwd, env});
+    await fetch(repositoryUrl, name, ciBranch, {cwd, env});
   });
 
   await fetchNotes(repositoryUrl, {cwd, env});
diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
index 0c2d7836a6..efaecadba2 100644
--- a/lib/git.js
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ async function isRefExists(ref, execaOpts) {
  * @param {String} branch The repository branch to fetch.
  * @param {Object} [execaOpts] Options to pass to `execa`.
  */
-async function fetch(repositoryUrl, branch, execaOpts) {
+async function fetch(repositoryUrl, branch, ciBranch, execaOpts) {
   const isLocalExists =
     (await execa('git', ['rev-parse', '--verify', branch], {...execaOpts, reject: false})).exitCode === 0;
 
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ async function fetch(repositoryUrl, branch, execaOpts) {
         'fetch',
         '--unshallow',
         '--tags',
-        ...(isLocalExists ? [repositoryUrl] : [repositoryUrl, `+refs/heads/${branch}:refs/heads/${branch}`]),
+        ...(branch === ciBranch && isLocalExists
+          ? [repositoryUrl]
+          : ['--update-head-ok', repositoryUrl, `+refs/heads/${branch}:refs/heads/${branch}`]),
       ],
       execaOpts
     );
@@ -140,7 +142,9 @@ async function fetch(repositoryUrl, branch, execaOpts) {
       [
         'fetch',
         '--tags',
-        ...(isLocalExists ? [repositoryUrl] : [repositoryUrl, `+refs/heads/${branch}:refs/heads/${branch}`]),
+        ...(branch === ciBranch && isLocalExists
+          ? [repositoryUrl]
+          : ['--update-head-ok', repositoryUrl, `+refs/heads/${branch}:refs/heads/${branch}`]),
       ],
       execaOpts
     );
diff --git a/test/branches/branches.test.js b/test/branches/branches.test.js
index 76ed0dd10b..a658aa2bd0 100644
--- a/test/branches/branches.test.js
+++ b/test/branches/branches.test.js
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ test('Enforce ranges with branching release workflow', async t => {
   ];
   const getBranches = proxyquire('../../lib/branches', {'./get-tags': () => branches, './expand': () => []});
 
-  let result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  let result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.0.x').range, '>=1.0.0 <1.0.0', 'Cannot release on 1.0.x before a releasing on master');
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.x').range, '>=1.1.0 <1.0.0', 'Cannot release on 1.x before a releasing on master');
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=1.0.0 <1.1.0', 'Can release only patch on master');
@@ -32,43 +35,64 @@ test('Enforce ranges with branching release workflow', async t => {
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next-major').range, '>=2.0.0', 'Can release only major on next-major');
 
   release(branches, 'master', '1.0.0');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.0.x').range, '>=1.0.0 <1.0.0', 'Cannot release on 1.0.x before a releasing on master');
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.x').range, '>=1.1.0 <1.0.0', 'Cannot release on 1.x before a releasing on master');
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=1.0.0 <1.1.0', 'Can release only patch on master');
 
   release(branches, 'master', '1.0.1');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=1.0.1 <1.1.0', 'Can release only patch, > than 1.0.1 on master');
 
   merge(branches, 'master', 'next');
   merge(branches, 'master', 'next-major');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=1.0.1 <1.1.0', 'Can release only patch, > than 1.0.1 on master');
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next').range, '>=1.1.0 <2.0.0', 'Can release only minor on next');
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next-major').range, '>=2.0.0', 'Can release only major on next-major');
 
   release(branches, 'next', '1.1.0');
   release(branches, 'next', '1.1.1');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next').range, '>=1.1.1 <2.0.0', 'Can release only patch or minor, > than 1.1.0 on next');
 
   release(branches, 'next-major', '2.0.0');
   release(branches, 'next-major', '2.0.1');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next-major').range, '>=2.0.1', 'Can release any version, > than 2.0.1 on next-major');
 
   merge(branches, 'next-major', 'beta');
   release(branches, 'beta', '3.0.0-beta.1');
   merge(branches, 'beta', 'alpha');
   release(branches, 'alpha', '4.0.0-alpha.1');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next-major').range, '>=2.0.1', 'Can release any version, > than 2.0.1 on next-major');
 
   merge(branches, 'master', '1.0.x');
   merge(branches, 'master', '1.x');
   release(branches, 'master', '1.0.1');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=1.0.1 <1.1.0', 'Can release only patch, > than 1.0.1 on master');
   t.is(
     getBranch(result, '1.0.x').range,
@@ -80,7 +104,10 @@ test('Enforce ranges with branching release workflow', async t => {
   release(branches, 'master', '1.0.2');
   release(branches, 'master', '1.0.3');
   release(branches, 'master', '1.0.4');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=1.0.4 <1.1.0', 'Can release only patch, > than 1.0.4 on master');
   t.is(
     getBranch(result, '1.0.x').range,
@@ -90,7 +117,10 @@ test('Enforce ranges with branching release workflow', async t => {
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.x').range, '>=1.1.0 <1.0.2', 'Cannot release on 1.x before >= 1.2.0 is released on master');
 
   merge(branches, 'next', 'master');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=1.1.1 <1.2.0', 'Can release only patch, > than 1.1.1 on master');
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next').range, '>=1.2.0 <2.0.0', 'Can release only patch or minor, > than 1.2.0 on next');
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next-major').range, '>=2.0.1', 'Can release any version, > than 2.0.1 on next-major');
@@ -102,34 +132,49 @@ test('Enforce ranges with branching release workflow', async t => {
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.x').range, '>=1.1.0 <1.0.2', 'Cannot release on 1.x before >= 2.0.0 is released on master');
 
   merge(branches, 'master', '1.0.x', '1.0.4');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=1.1.1 <1.2.0', 'Can release only patch, > than 1.1.1 on master');
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.0.x').range, '>=1.0.4 <1.1.0', 'Can release on 1.0.x only within range');
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.x').range, '>=1.1.0 <1.1.0', 'Cannot release on 1.x before >= 2.0.0 is released on master');
 
   merge(branches, 'master', '1.x');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=1.1.1 <1.2.0', 'Can release only patch, > than 1.1.1 on master');
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.0.x').range, '>=1.0.4 <1.1.0', 'Can release on 1.0.x only within range');
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.x').range, '>=1.1.1 <1.1.1', 'Cannot release on 1.x before >= 2.0.0 is released on master');
 
   merge(branches, 'next-major', 'next');
   merge(branches, 'next', 'master');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=2.0.1 <2.1.0', 'Can release only patch, > than 2.0.1 on master');
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next').range, '>=2.1.0 <3.0.0', 'Can release only minor on next');
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next-major').range, '>=3.0.0', 'Can release only major on next-major');
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.x').range, '>=1.1.1 <2.0.0', 'Can release on 1.x only within range');
 
   merge(branches, 'beta', 'master');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'master').range, '>=2.0.1 <2.1.0', 'Can release only patch, > than 2.0.1 on master');
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next').range, '>=2.1.0 <3.0.0', 'Can release only minor on next');
   t.is(getBranch(result, 'next-major').range, '>=3.0.0', 'Can release only major on next-major');
 
   branches.push({name: '1.1.x', tags: []});
   merge(branches, '1.x', '1.1.x');
-  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({name, range}));
+  result = (await getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})).map(({name, range}) => ({
+    name,
+    range,
+  }));
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.0.x').range, '>=1.0.4 <1.1.0', 'Can release on 1.0.x only within range');
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.1.x').range, '>=1.1.1 <1.2.0', 'Can release on 1.1.x only within range');
   t.is(getBranch(result, '1.x').range, '>=1.2.0 <2.0.0', 'Can release on 1.x only within range');
@@ -146,7 +191,7 @@ test('Throw SemanticReleaseError for invalid configurations', async t => {
     {name: 'preview', prerelease: 'alpha', tags: []},
   ];
   const getBranches = proxyquire('../../lib/branches', {'./get-tags': () => branches, './expand': () => []});
-  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'EMAINTENANCEBRANCH');
@@ -177,7 +222,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError if there is duplicate branches', async t => {
   ];
   const getBranches = proxyquire('../../lib/branches', {'./get-tags': () => branches, './expand': () => []});
 
-  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'EDUPLICATEBRANCHES');
@@ -192,7 +237,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError for each invalid branch name', async t => {
   ];
   const getBranches = proxyquire('../../lib/branches', {'./get-tags': () => branches, './expand': () => []});
 
-  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(getBranches('repositoryUrl', {options: {branches}})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(getBranches('repositoryUrl', 'master', {options: {branches}})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'EINVALIDBRANCHNAME');
diff --git a/test/git.test.js b/test/git.test.js
index 9df6d03cfe..eb320d1a38 100644
--- a/test/git.test.js
+++ b/test/git.test.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   gitRemoteTagHead,
   gitPush,
   gitDetachedHead,
+  gitDetachedHeadFromBranch,
   gitAddNote,
   gitGetNote,
 } from './helpers/git-utils';
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ test('Unshallow and fetch repository', async t => {
   // Verify the shallow clone contains only one commit
   t.is((await gitGetCommits(undefined, {cwd})).length, 1);
 
-  await fetch(repositoryUrl, 'master', {cwd});
+  await fetch(repositoryUrl, 'master', 'master', {cwd});
 
   // Verify the shallow clone contains all the commits
   t.is((await gitGetCommits(undefined, {cwd})).length, 2);
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ test('Do not throw error when unshallow a complete repository', async t => {
   await gitCommits(['Second'], {cwd});
   await gitPush(repositoryUrl, 'second-branch', {cwd});
 
-  await t.notThrowsAsync(fetch(repositoryUrl, 'master', {cwd}));
-  await t.notThrowsAsync(fetch(repositoryUrl, 'second-branch', {cwd}));
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(fetch(repositoryUrl, 'master', 'master', {cwd}));
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(fetch(repositoryUrl, 'second-branch', 'master', {cwd}));
 });
 
 test('Fetch all tags on a detached head repository', async t => {
@@ -94,11 +95,36 @@ test('Fetch all tags on a detached head repository', async t => {
   await gitPush(repositoryUrl, 'master', {cwd});
   cwd = await gitDetachedHead(repositoryUrl, commit.hash);
 
-  await fetch(repositoryUrl, 'master', {cwd});
+  await fetch(repositoryUrl, 'master', 'master', {cwd});
 
   t.deepEqual((await getTags('master', {cwd})).sort(), ['v1.0.0', 'v1.0.1', 'v1.1.0'].sort());
 });
 
+test('Fetch all tags on a repository with a detached head from branch', async t => {
+  let {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo();
+
+  await gitCommits(['First'], {cwd});
+  await gitTagVersion('v1.0.0', undefined, {cwd});
+  await gitCommits(['Second'], {cwd});
+  await gitTagVersion('v1.0.1', undefined, {cwd});
+  const [commit] = await gitCommits(['Third'], {cwd});
+  await gitTagVersion('v1.1.0', undefined, {cwd});
+  await gitPush(repositoryUrl, 'master', {cwd});
+  await gitCheckout('other-branch', true, {cwd});
+  await gitPush(repositoryUrl, 'other-branch', {cwd});
+  await gitCheckout('master', false, {cwd});
+  await gitCommits(['Fourth'], {cwd});
+  await gitTagVersion('v2.0.0', undefined, {cwd});
+  await gitPush(repositoryUrl, 'master', {cwd});
+  cwd = await gitDetachedHeadFromBranch(repositoryUrl, 'other-branch', commit.hash);
+
+  await fetch(repositoryUrl, 'master', 'other-branch', {cwd});
+  await fetch(repositoryUrl, 'other-branch', 'other-branch', {cwd});
+
+  t.deepEqual((await getTags('other-branch', {cwd})).sort(), ['v1.0.0', 'v1.0.1', 'v1.1.0'].sort());
+  t.deepEqual((await getTags('master', {cwd})).sort(), ['v1.0.0', 'v1.0.1', 'v1.1.0', 'v2.0.0'].sort());
+});
+
 test('Verify if the commit `sha` is in the direct history of the current branch', async t => {
   // Create a git repository, set the current working directory at the root of the repo
   const {cwd} = await gitRepo();
diff --git a/test/helpers/git-utils.js b/test/helpers/git-utils.js
index b5ea65b34e..2dfa4ba289 100644
--- a/test/helpers/git-utils.js
+++ b/test/helpers/git-utils.js
@@ -166,6 +166,17 @@ export async function gitDetachedHead(repositoryUrl, head) {
   return cwd;
 }
 
+export async function gitDetachedHeadFromBranch(repositoryUrl, branch, head) {
+  const cwd = tempy.directory();
+
+  await execa('git', ['init'], {cwd});
+  await execa('git', ['remote', 'add', 'origin', repositoryUrl], {cwd});
+  await execa('git', ['fetch', '--force', repositoryUrl, `${branch}:remotes/origin/${branch}`], {cwd});
+  await execa('git', ['reset', '--hard', head], {cwd});
+  await execa('git', ['checkout', '-q', '-B', branch], {cwd});
+  return cwd;
+}
+
 /**
  * Add a new Git configuration.
  *