diff --git a/renku/core/management/migrations/m_0005__2_cwl.py b/renku/core/management/migrations/m_0005__2_cwl.py
index 058bde1f08..d2c44b41fd 100644
--- a/renku/core/management/migrations/m_0005__2_cwl.py
+++ b/renku/core/management/migrations/m_0005__2_cwl.py
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ def find_previous_commit(self, path, revision="HEAD"):
 
         def find_from_client(path, revision):
             try:
-                return self.client.repository.get_previous_commit(paths=path, revision=revision, full_history=True)
+                return self.client.repository.get_previous_commit(path=path, revision=revision, full_history=True)
             except errors.GitCommitNotFoundError:
                 communication.warn(f"Cannot find previous commit for {path} from {str(revision)}")
                 return revision
diff --git a/renku/core/management/migrations/m_0009__new_metadata_storage.py b/renku/core/management/migrations/m_0009__new_metadata_storage.py
index 946e0340a9..32db3b2d8e 100644
--- a/renku/core/management/migrations/m_0009__new_metadata_storage.py
+++ b/renku/core/management/migrations/m_0009__new_metadata_storage.py
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ def _convert_invalidated_entity(entity: old_schema.Entity, client) -> Optional[E
     assert not isinstance(entity, old_schema.Collection), f"Collection passed as invalidated: {entity._id}"
 
     commit_sha = _extract_commit_sha(entity_id=entity._id)
-    commit = client.repository.get_previous_commit(revision=commit_sha, paths=entity.path)
+    commit = client.repository.get_previous_commit(revision=commit_sha, path=entity.path)
     revision = commit.hexsha
     checksum = client.repository.get_object_hash(revision=revision, path=entity.path)
     if not checksum:
diff --git a/renku/core/metadata/repository.py b/renku/core/metadata/repository.py
index 1005c6a5bd..c710a890a9 100644
--- a/renku/core/metadata/repository.py
+++ b/renku/core/metadata/repository.py
@@ -286,12 +286,16 @@ def get_attributes(self, *paths: Union[Path, str]) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, str]]:
 
         return attributes
 
-    def get_previous_commit(self, path: Union[Path, str], revision: Union["Commit", str] = None) -> Optional["Commit"]:
+    def get_previous_commit(
+        self, path: Union[Path, str], revision: Union["Commit", str] = None, full_history: bool = False
+    ) -> Optional["Commit"]:
         """Return a previous commit for a given path starting from ``revision``."""
         revision = revision or "HEAD"
         assert isinstance(revision, (Commit, str)), f"'revision' must be Commit/str not '{type(revision)}'"
 
-        commit = _find_previous_commit_helper(repository=self, path=path, revision=str(revision))
+        commit = _find_previous_commit_helper(
+            repository=self, path=path, revision=str(revision), full_history=full_history
+        )
         if not commit:
             raise errors.GitCommitNotFoundError(f"Cannot find previous commit for '{path}' from '{revision}'")
         return commit
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_datasets.py b/tests/cli/test_datasets.py
index 3be552665b..bad935c7e2 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_datasets.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_datasets.py
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ def test_datasets_ls_files_correct_commit(runner, client, directory_tree):
     """Test ls-files shows the size stored in git and not the current file size."""
     assert 0 == runner.invoke(cli, ["dataset", "add", "my-dataset", "-c", str(directory_tree / "file1")]).exit_code
 
-    commit = client.repository.get_previous_commit(paths=client.path / DATA_DIR / "my-dataset" / "file1")
+    commit = client.repository.get_previous_commit(path=client.path / DATA_DIR / "my-dataset" / "file1")
 
     # check include / exclude filters
     result = runner.invoke(cli, ["dataset", "ls-files", "--columns=commit,path"])