diff --git a/libraries/git_integration_test.go b/libraries/git_integration_test.go
index c6134c17..717d5492 100644
--- a/libraries/git_integration_test.go
+++ b/libraries/git_integration_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestUpdateLibraryJson(t *testing.T) {
 		// Annotated tags have their own hash, different from the commit hash, so the tag must be resolved before checkout
 		resolvedTag, err := r.Repository.ResolveRevision(plumbing.Revision(tag.Hash().String()))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		err = repoTree.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{Hash: *resolvedTag})
+		err = repoTree.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{Hash: *resolvedTag, Force: true})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		library, err := GenerateLibraryFromRepo(r)
diff --git a/sync_libraries.go b/sync_libraries.go
index 184fbcfa..b502fca1 100644
--- a/sync_libraries.go
+++ b/sync_libraries.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func syncLibraryTaggedRelease(logger *log.Logger, repo *libraries.Repository, ta
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	if err = repoTree.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{Hash: *resolvedTag}); err != nil {
+	if err = repoTree.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{Hash: *resolvedTag, Force: true}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error checking out repo: %s", err)
 	}