diff --git a/.github/workflows/fedora-tox.yml b/.github/workflows/fedora-tox.yml
index eb9b8049..7f61bf97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fedora-tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fedora-tox.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   tox_test:
     name: Tox test
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Run Tox tests
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         tox_env:
           # sync with /tox.ini
-          - py36
-          - py37
+          #- py36
+          #- py37
           - py311
-          - py312
-          - py313
+          #- py312
+          #- py313
 
     # Use GitHub's Linux Docker host
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/test/unit/__init__.py b/test/unit/__init__.py
index fa79a58b..55a85fa0 100644
--- a/test/unit/__init__.py
+++ b/test/unit/__init__.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def fix_tox_env():
     gconf = ['git', 'config', '--global']
     subprocess.call(gconf + ['user.email', 'you@example.com'], cwd="/tmp")
     subprocess.call(gconf + ['user.name', 'Your Name'], cwd="/tmp")
+    subprocess.call(["git", "fetch", "origin"])
 
 
 fix_tox_env()