diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractProjectUpdaterTest.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractProjectUpdaterTest.java
index 6bd0380d3f..7cf6e526cc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractProjectUpdaterTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractProjectUpdaterTest.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class ContractProjectUpdaterTest extends AbstractGitTest {
 		this.gitRepo = new GitRepo(this.tmpFolder);
 		this.origin = clonedProject(this.tmp.newFolder(), this.originalProject);
 		this.project = this.gitRepo.cloneProject(this.originalProject.toURI());
+		this.gitRepo.checkout(this.project, "master");
 		setOriginOnProjectToTmp(this.origin, this.project, true);
 		StubRunnerOptions options = new StubRunnerOptionsBuilder()
 				.withStubRepositoryRoot("file://" + this.project.getAbsolutePath() + "/")
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitStubDownloaderTests.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitStubDownloaderTests.java
index bda2abe724..80b1e1033b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitStubDownloaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitStubDownloaderTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ public class GitStubDownloaderTests {
 
 		StubDownloader stubDownloader = stubDownloaderBuilder.build(new StubRunnerOptionsBuilder()
 				.withStubsMode(StubRunnerProperties.StubsMode.CLASSPATH)
+				.withProperties(props())
 				.build());
 
 		then(stubDownloader).isNull();
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ public class GitStubDownloaderTests {
 
 		StubDownloader stubDownloader = stubDownloaderBuilder.build(new StubRunnerOptionsBuilder()
 				.withStubsMode(StubRunnerProperties.StubsMode.REMOTE)
+				.withProperties(props())
 				.build());
 
 		then(stubDownloader).isNull();
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ public class GitStubDownloaderTests {
 		StubDownloader stubDownloader = stubDownloaderBuilder.build(new StubRunnerOptionsBuilder()
 				.withStubsMode(StubRunnerProperties.StubsMode.REMOTE)
 				.withStubRepositoryRoot("http://foo.com")
+				.withProperties(props())
 				.build());
 
 		then(stubDownloader).isNull();
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ public class GitStubDownloaderTests {
 		StubDownloader stubDownloader = stubDownloaderBuilder.build(new StubRunnerOptionsBuilder()
 				.withStubsMode(StubRunnerProperties.StubsMode.REMOTE)
 				.withStubRepositoryRoot("git://" + file("/git_samples/contract-git/").getAbsolutePath() + "/")
+				.withProperties(props())
 				.build());
 
 		Map.Entry<StubConfiguration, File> entry = stubDownloader
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ public class GitStubDownloaderTests {
 		StubDownloader stubDownloader = stubDownloaderBuilder.build(new StubRunnerOptionsBuilder()
 				.withStubsMode(StubRunnerProperties.StubsMode.REMOTE)
 				.withStubRepositoryRoot("git://" + file("/git_samples/contract-git").getAbsolutePath())
+				.withProperties(props())
 				.build());
 
 		try {
@@ -113,6 +119,7 @@ public class GitStubDownloaderTests {
 		StubDownloader stubDownloader = stubDownloaderBuilder.build(new StubRunnerOptionsBuilder()
 				.withStubsMode(StubRunnerProperties.StubsMode.REMOTE)
 				.withStubRepositoryRoot("git://" + file("/git_samples/contract-git").getAbsolutePath())
+				.withProperties(props())
 				.build());
 
 		try {
@@ -123,6 +130,12 @@ public class GitStubDownloaderTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private Map<String, String> props() {
+		Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
+		map.put("git.branch", "master");
+		return map;
+	}
+
 	private File file(String relativePath) throws URISyntaxException {
 		return new File(GitStubDownloaderTests.class.getResource(relativePath).toURI());
 	}