diff --git a/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/DefaultClusterVersionControlService.java b/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/DefaultClusterVersionControlService.java
index 138505bd8d..ca0636761d 100644
--- a/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/DefaultClusterVersionControlService.java
+++ b/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/DefaultClusterVersionControlService.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class DefaultClusterVersionControlService extends TbApplicationEventListe
                     var currentSettings = vcService.getRepositorySettings(ctx.getTenantId());
                     var newSettings = ctx.getSettings();
                     if (!newSettings.equals(currentSettings)) {
-                        vcService.initRepository(ctx.getTenantId(), ctx.getSettings());
+                        vcService.initRepository(ctx.getTenantId(), ctx.getSettings(), false);
                     }
                     if (msg.hasCommitRequest()) {
                         handleCommitRequest(ctx, msg.getCommitRequest());
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ public class DefaultClusterVersionControlService extends TbApplicationEventListe
 
     private void handleInitRepositoryCommand(VersionControlRequestCtx ctx) {
         try {
-            vcService.initRepository(ctx.getTenantId(), ctx.getSettings());
+            vcService.initRepository(ctx.getTenantId(), ctx.getSettings(), false);
             reply(ctx, Optional.empty());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.debug("[{}] Failed to connect to the repository: ", ctx, e);
@@ -564,4 +564,5 @@ public class DefaultClusterVersionControlService extends TbApplicationEventListe
             }, MoreExecutors.directExecutor());
         }
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/DefaultGitRepositoryService.java b/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/DefaultGitRepositoryService.java
index bf3e202c2d..0788143030 100644
--- a/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/DefaultGitRepositoryService.java
+++ b/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/DefaultGitRepositoryService.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public class DefaultGitRepositoryService implements GitRepositoryService {
 
         if (!Files.exists(Path.of(gitRepository.getDirectory()))) {
             try {
-                return cloneRepository(tenantId, gitRepository.getSettings());
+                return openOrCloneRepository(tenantId, gitRepository.getSettings(), false);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Could not initialize the repository: " + e.getMessage(), e);
             }
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@ public class DefaultGitRepositoryService implements GitRepositoryService {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void initRepository(TenantId tenantId, RepositorySettings settings) throws Exception {
+    public void initRepository(TenantId tenantId, RepositorySettings settings, boolean fetch) throws Exception {
         if (!settings.isLocalOnly()) {
             clearRepository(tenantId);
         }
-        cloneRepository(tenantId, settings);
+        openOrCloneRepository(tenantId, settings, fetch);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -280,13 +280,16 @@ public class DefaultGitRepositoryService implements GitRepositoryService {
         return EntityIdFactory.getByTypeAndUuid(entityType, entityId);
     }
 
-    private GitRepository cloneRepository(TenantId tenantId, RepositorySettings settings) throws Exception {
+    private GitRepository openOrCloneRepository(TenantId tenantId, RepositorySettings settings, boolean fetch) throws Exception {
         log.debug("[{}] Init tenant repository started.", tenantId);
         Path repositoryDirectory = Path.of(repositoriesFolder, settings.isLocalOnly() ? "local_" + settings.getRepositoryUri() : tenantId.getId().toString());
 
         GitRepository repository;
         if (Files.exists(repositoryDirectory)) {
             repository = GitRepository.open(repositoryDirectory.toFile(), settings);
+            if (fetch) {
+                repository.fetch();
+            }
         } else {
             Files.createDirectories(repositoryDirectory);
             if (settings.isLocalOnly()) {
diff --git a/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/GitRepositoryService.java b/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/GitRepositoryService.java
index 1382a69599..d5d51397f9 100644
--- a/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/GitRepositoryService.java
+++ b/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/GitRepositoryService.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public interface GitRepositoryService {
 
     void testRepository(TenantId tenantId, RepositorySettings settings) throws Exception;
 
-    void initRepository(TenantId tenantId, RepositorySettings settings) throws Exception;
+    void initRepository(TenantId tenantId, RepositorySettings settings, boolean fetch) throws Exception;
 
     RepositorySettings getRepositorySettings(TenantId tenantId) throws Exception;
 
@@ -67,4 +67,5 @@ public interface GitRepositoryService {
     String getContentsDiff(TenantId tenantId, String content1, String content2) throws IOException;
 
     void fetch(TenantId tenantId) throws GitAPIException;
+
 }