diff --git a/share/tools/webupdate b/share/tools/webupdate
index ae008867c9..b0ccc19eda 100755
--- a/share/tools/webupdate
+++ b/share/tools/webupdate
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ else
 		#svn cleanup $dir >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 || exit 2;
 		#svn update --accept theirs-full $dir >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 || exit 2;
 		git -C main clean -f >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 || exit 2;
-		git -C main pull >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 || exit 2;
+		git -C main --rebase pull >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 || exit 2;
 	done
 fi