diff --git a/common/travis/fetch_upstream.sh b/common/travis/fetch_upstream.sh
index 45315563e0b..5c0256fdbe1 100755
--- a/common/travis/fetch_upstream.sh
+++ b/common/travis/fetch_upstream.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@ elif command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	GIT_CMD=$(command -v git)
 fi
 
+# required by git 2.35.2+
+$GIT_CMD config --global --add safe.directory /__w/void-packages/void-packages
+
 /bin/echo -e '\x1b[32mFetching upstream...\x1b[0m'
 $GIT_CMD fetch --depth 200 https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages.git master