diff --git a/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.test.ts b/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.test.ts
index 8ab541e675..d80406c96d 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.test.ts
@@ -1023,9 +1023,11 @@ it.layer(TestLayer)("git integration", (it) => {
         expect(yield* git(source, ["branch", "--show-current"])).toBe("upstream/feature");
         const realGitCore = yield* GitCore;
         let fetchArgs: readonly string[] | null = null;
+        let fetchEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv | undefined;
         const core = yield* makeIsolatedGitCore((input) => {
           if (input.args[0] === "--git-dir" && input.args[2] === "fetch") {
             fetchArgs = [...input.args];
+            fetchEnv = input.env;
             return Effect.succeed({
               code: 0,
               stdout: "",
@@ -1049,6 +1051,9 @@ it.layer(TestLayer)("git integration", (it) => {
           remoteName,
           `+refs/heads/${featureBranch}:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${featureBranch}`,
         ]);
+        expect(fetchEnv).toEqual({
+          SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE: "never",
+        });
       }),
     );
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.ts b/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.ts
index fb5d908575..1bc12bae2d 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class StatusUpstreamRefreshCacheKey extends Data.Class<{
 
 interface ExecuteGitOptions {
   stdin?: string | undefined;
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv | undefined;
   timeoutMs?: number | undefined;
   allowNonZeroExit?: boolean | undefined;
   fallbackErrorMessage?: string | undefined;
@@ -799,6 +800,7 @@ export const makeGitCore = Effect.fn("makeGitCore")(function* (options?: {
       cwd,
       args,
       ...(options.stdin !== undefined ? { stdin: options.stdin } : {}),
+      ...(options.env !== undefined ? { env: options.env } : {}),
       allowNonZeroExit: true,
       ...(options.timeoutMs !== undefined ? { timeoutMs: options.timeoutMs } : {}),
       ...(options.maxOutputBytes !== undefined ? { maxOutputBytes: options.maxOutputBytes } : {}),
@@ -932,6 +934,9 @@ export const makeGitCore = Effect.fn("makeGitCore")(function* (options?: {
       ["--git-dir", gitCommonDir, "fetch", "--quiet", "--no-tags", upstream.remoteName, refspec],
       {
         allowNonZeroExit: true,
+        env: {
+          SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE: "never",
+        },
         timeoutMs: Duration.toMillis(STATUS_UPSTREAM_REFRESH_TIMEOUT),
       },
     ).pipe(Effect.asVoid);