diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/mirror-repository.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/mirror-repository.yml
index ef4c9be2f5e..f494d5a3e4b 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/mirror-repository.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/mirror-repository.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ jobs:
             git tag -a $tag -m $tag
           done < missing_tags
       - name: Push to destination
-        run: |
-          git config --global http.postBuffer 157286400
+        run: | # use http 1.1 due to http 2 stream not closing cleanly
+          git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1
           git push --force origin refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* --tags