diff --git a/cmd/lint.go b/cmd/lint.go
index 6dd252f..a0c564f 100644
--- a/cmd/lint.go
+++ b/cmd/lint.go
@@ -94,7 +94,26 @@ func updateWorkdir(ctx context.Context, dir string, cloneURL string) error {
 
 	err = wtree.Pull(&git.PullOptions{Force: true})
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, git.NoErrAlreadyUpToDate) {
-		return err
+		if !errors.Is(err, git.ErrWorktreeNotClean) {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		slog.Debug("Retry pull", "url", cloneURL)
+
+		head, err := repo.Head()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = wtree.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{Force: true, Branch: head.Name()})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = wtree.Pull(&git.PullOptions{Force: true})
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, git.NoErrAlreadyUpToDate) {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/releases/v0.1.21.md b/releases/v0.1.21.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98c346a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.1.21.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+k6registry `v0.1.21` is here 🎉!
+
+This is an internal maintenance release.
+
+**Retry git pull on error**
+
+In the git working directory, the file permissions are changed to make the cache persistent in GitHub action mode. As a consequence, the git pull operation will fail (if permissions have actually been changed).
+
+To fix this, if the pull operation fails, the pull operation is repeated after a forced checkout operation.