diff --git a/setup-base.yml b/setup-base.yml
index 3ac5fdb..0ac48c6 100644
--- a/setup-base.yml
+++ b/setup-base.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
   - name: Git checkout of playbook repositories
     tags: ['playbooks']
     become: false
-    ignore_errors: yes
     git:
       repo: '{{ repository_secure_endpoint_ssh }}/{{ item.repo_name }}.git'
       dest: "{{ item.workspace }}/{{ item.repo_name }}"
@@ -36,11 +35,12 @@
   - name: Git checkout of role repositories
     tags: ['roles']
     become: false
-    ignore_errors: yes
     git:
       repo: '{{ repository_secure_endpoint_ssh }}/{{ item.repo_name }}.git'
       dest: "{{ item.workspace }}/{{ item.repo_name }}"
       accept_hostkey: yes
+      update: yes
+      version: master
     with_items: "{{ role_repos }}"
     when: role_repos is defined
 
diff --git a/update-git-remote-origin.yml b/update-git-remote-origin.yml
index fed5e33..b13e2b2 100644
--- a/update-git-remote-origin.yml
+++ b/update-git-remote-origin.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 
   tasks:
 
-  - name: Remove existing origin repo
+  - name: Remove existing origin repo for playbooks
+    tags: ['remove']
     shell: "git remote remove origin"
     args:
       chdir: "{{ item.workspace }}/{{ item.repo_name }}"
@@ -19,9 +20,28 @@
     - "{{ role_repos }}"
 
   - name: Add updated origin repo
+    tags: ['add']
     shell: "git remote add origin {{ repository_secure_endpoint_ssh }}/{{ item.repo_name }}.git"
     args:
       chdir: "{{ item.workspace }}/{{ item.repo_name }}"
     with_items:
     - "{{ playbook_repos }}"
     - "{{ role_repos }}"
+
+  - name: Associate to upstream master branch
+    tags: ['associate']
+    shell: "git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master master"
+    args:
+      chdir: "{{ item.workspace }}/{{ item.repo_name }}"
+    with_items:
+    - "{{ playbook_repos }}"
+    - "{{ role_repos }}"
+
+  - name: Pull from updated origin repo
+    tags: ['pull']
+    shell: "git pull"
+    args:
+      chdir: "{{ item.workspace }}/{{ item.repo_name }}"
+    with_items:
+    - "{{ playbook_repos }}"
+    - "{{ role_repos }}"