diff --git a/tools/total-contributions b/tools/total-contributions
index f10ddf81da..2741dc4d68 100755
--- a/tools/total-contributions
+++ b/tools/total-contributions
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
     sys.exit(0)
 
 out_dict: Dict[str, int] = defaultdict(int)
+subprocess.check_call(["git", "fetch"], cwd=find_path("zulip"))
 zulip = retrieve_log("zulip", lower_zulip_version, upper_zulip_version)
 add_log(out_dict, zulip)