diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae39b9182..10ea09760 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Changelog
 
 -------------------------------
 
+8.11.4
+------
+* bugfix: incorrect subprocess-calls in version_management
+
 8.11.3
 ------
 * bugfix: 0 contrasts argument overwritten for trainingCW
diff --git a/iblrig/__init__.py b/iblrig/__init__.py
index 8fcbbef30..924b2d129 100644
--- a/iblrig/__init__.py
+++ b/iblrig/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # 3) Check CI and eventually wet lab test
 # 4) Pull request to iblrigv8
 # 5) git tag the release in accordance to the version number below (after merge!)
-__version__ = '8.11.3'
+__version__ = '8.11.4'
 
 # The following method call will try to get post-release information (i.e. the number of commits since the last tagged
 # release corresponding to the one above), plus information about the state of the local repository (dirty/broken)
diff --git a/iblrig/version_management.py b/iblrig/version_management.py
index fc8fc744d..9d439e4d2 100644
--- a/iblrig/version_management.py
+++ b/iblrig/version_management.py
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ def get_remote_tags() -> None:
     if not IS_GIT:
         log.error('This installation of iblrig is not managed through git')
     try:
+
         check_call(["git", "fetch", "origin", get_branch(), "-t", "-q"], cwd=BASE_DIR, timeout=5)
     except (SubprocessError, CalledProcessError):
         return
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ def get_remote_version() -> Union[version.Version, None]:
 
 def is_dirty() -> bool:
     try:
-        return check_call(["git", "diff", "--quiet"]) != 0
+        return check_call(["git", "diff", "--quiet"], cwd=BASE_DIR) != 0
     except CalledProcessError:
         return True
 
@@ -324,8 +325,8 @@ def upgrade() -> int:
         print('There are changes in your local copy of IBLRIG that will be lost when upgrading.')
         if not ask_user('Do you want to proceed?', False):
             return 0
-        check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "git", "reset", "--hard"])
+        check_call(["git", "reset", "--hard"], cwd=BASE_DIR)
 
-    check_call(["git", "pull", "--tags"])
+    check_call(["git", "pull", "--tags"], cwd=BASE_DIR)
     check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "-U", "pip"])
     check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "-U", "-e", "."])