diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-translations.yml b/.github/workflows/update-translations.yml
index 0e159f6507..7c04ceec85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-translations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-translations.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,17 @@ jobs:
   update-translations:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Trigger a rebase in Weblate
+        run: |
+          pip install wlc
+          wlc --url https://hosted.weblate.org/api/ --key $WEBLATE_API_KEY pull zulip/zulip-flutter
+        with:
+          WEBLATE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.WEBLATE_API_KEY }}
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # Enough such that even a still-out-of-date weblate will have shared history
+          fetch-depth: 50
 
       - name: Fetch and merge from Weblate
         # The commit message is generated in Weblate; see https://hosted.weblate.org/addon/17163/