diff --git a/app/git/verify-auth.ts b/app/git/verify-auth.ts
index f5472b9..937900d 100644
--- a/app/git/verify-auth.ts
+++ b/app/git/verify-auth.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { execCommand } from "./exec"
 
 // Help from: https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/blob/971a5e0d16f1a32e117e9ce382a1618c8256d0d9/lib/git.js#L196-L212
-export const verifyAuth = async (branch: string, repositoryUrl: string): Promise<void> => {
-  await execCommand(`git push --dry-run --no-verify ${repositoryUrl} HEAD:${branch}`, "")
+export const verifyAuth = async (repositoryUrl: string): Promise<void> => {
+  await execCommand(`git push --dry-run --no-verify`, repositoryUrl)
 }
diff --git a/app/index.ts b/app/index.ts
index 173097b..0ffeb02 100644
--- a/app/index.ts
+++ b/app/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import * as git from "./git"
   const input = getInput()
 
   const repoUrl = await git.getRepoUrl(input.githubToken)
-  await git.verifyAuth(input.behindBranchName, repoUrl)
+  await git.verifyAuth(repoUrl)
   await git.rebaseSyncBranches(input.behindBranchName, input.aheadBranchName, repoUrl)
 })()