diff --git a/podman.mk b/podman.mk
index b75ffb4..02e0475 100644
--- a/podman.mk
+++ b/podman.mk
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ rm-image:
 
 ## some useful tasks during development
 ci-pull-upstream: ## pull latest shared .ci subtree
-	git stash && git subtree pull --prefix .ci ssh://git@git.zero-downtime.net/ZeroDownTime/ci-tools-lib.git master --squash && git stash pop
+	git stash && git subtree pull --prefix .ci ssh://git@git.zero-downtime.net/ZeroDownTime/ci-tools-lib.git master --squash -m "Merge latest ci-tools-lib" && git stash pop
 
 create-repo: ## create new AWS ECR public repository
 	aws ecr-public create-repository --repository-name $(IMAGE) --region $(REGION)