diff --git a/crates/project/src/git_store.rs b/crates/project/src/git_store.rs
index 6c6603941b6e523b9a3f8d250207942d320697f7..d5350125b0a7ec4c6879f8b1e0a256470430ae13 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/git_store.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/git_store.rs
@@ -1268,6 +1268,12 @@ impl GitStore {
                         git_store,
                         cx,
                     );
+                    if let Some(updates_tx) = updates_tx.as_ref() {
+                        // trigger an empty `UpdateRepository` to ensure remote active_repo_id is set correctly
+                        updates_tx
+                            .unbounded_send(DownstreamUpdate::UpdateRepository(repo.snapshot()))
+                            .ok();
+                    }
                     repo.schedule_scan(updates_tx.clone(), cx);
                     repo
                 });