diff --git a/tools/git-adapter/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/zegreatrob/tools/adapter/git/GitAdapter.kt b/tools/git-adapter/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/zegreatrob/tools/adapter/git/GitAdapter.kt
index 1b8c1b9..6308816 100644
--- a/tools/git-adapter/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/zegreatrob/tools/adapter/git/GitAdapter.kt
+++ b/tools/git-adapter/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/zegreatrob/tools/adapter/git/GitAdapter.kt
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ class GitAdapter(private val workingDirectory: String) {
     fun addRemote(name: String, url: String) {
         runProcess(listOf("git", "remote", "add", name, url), workingDirectory)
     }
+
+    fun fetch() {
+        runProcess(listOf("git", "fetch"), workingDirectory)
+    }
 }
 
 data class GitStatus(
diff --git a/tools/git-test/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/zegreatrob/tools/test/git/GitHelper.kt b/tools/git-test/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/zegreatrob/tools/test/git/GitHelper.kt
index 937dfde..8742c82 100644
--- a/tools/git-test/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/zegreatrob/tools/test/git/GitHelper.kt
+++ b/tools/git-test/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/zegreatrob/tools/test/git/GitHelper.kt
@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ fun initializeGitRepo(
             gitAdapter.newAnnotatedTag(initialTag, "HEAD", "Funky Testerson", "funk@test.io")
         }
     }
-
     gitAdapter.addRemote(name = "origin", url = remoteUrl)
+    gitAdapter.fetch()
     val grgit = Grgit.open(mapOf("dir" to directory))
-    grgit.pull()
     grgit.branch.change(
         fun BranchChangeOp.() {
             this.name = "master"