diff --git a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/base.py b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/base.py
index 3fb27e7121..fe99680d7c 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/base.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/experiments/executor/base.py
@@ -334,21 +334,17 @@ def on_diverged_ref(orig_ref: str, new_rev: str):
 
         # fetch experiments
         try:
+            refspecs = [f"{ref}:{ref}" for ref in refs]
+            # update last run checkpoint (if it exists)
+            if has_checkpoint:
+                refspecs.append(f"{EXEC_CHECKPOINT}:{EXEC_CHECKPOINT}")
             dest_scm.fetch_refspecs(
                 self.git_url,
-                [f"{ref}:{ref}" for ref in refs],
+                refspecs,
                 on_diverged=on_diverged_ref,
-                force=force,
+                force=force or has_checkpoint,
                 **kwargs,
             )
-            # update last run checkpoint (if it exists)
-            if has_checkpoint:
-                dest_scm.fetch_refspecs(
-                    self.git_url,
-                    [f"{EXEC_CHECKPOINT}:{EXEC_CHECKPOINT}"],
-                    force=True,
-                    **kwargs,
-                )
         except SCMError:
             pass
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d99d17e560..8d644d2056 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich>=10.13.0",
     "pyparsing>=2.4.7",
     "typing-extensions>=3.7.4",
-    "scmrepo==0.1.7",
+    "scmrepo==0.1.9",
     "dvc-render==0.1.0",
     "dvc-task==0.1.11",
     "dvclive>=1.2.2",