diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.rpm.conf.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.rpm.conf.j2
index 631e07af74..a401b8a3c8 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.rpm.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.rpm.conf.j2
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ ostree = {
             [% if release.version_int >= 28 %]
                 "version": "!VERSION_FROM_VERSION_DATE_RESPIN",
             [% endif %]
+            "force_new_commit": True
             "treefile": "fedora-atomic-host-updates-[[ request.name ]].json",
             "config_url": "https://pagure.io/fedora-atomic.git",
             "config_branch": "f[[ release.version ]]",