diff --git a/bots-common/utils.go b/bots-common/utils.go
index afc281f..c340fb6 100644
--- a/bots-common/utils.go
+++ b/bots-common/utils.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package common
  */
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -28,3 +29,18 @@ func SplitStringNoEmpty(str, sep string) []string {
 		return len(s) == 0
 	})
 }
+
+func TranslateHttpsToSshUrl(url string) (string, error) {
+	const url1 = "https://src.opensuse.org/"
+	const url2 = "https://src.suse.de/"
+
+	if len(url) > len(url1) && url[0:len(url1)] == url1 {
+		return "gitea@src.opensuse.org:" + url[len(url1):], nil
+	}
+	if len(url) > len(url2) && url[0:len(url2)] == url2 {
+		return "gitea@src.suse.de:" + url[len(url2):], nil
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("Unknown input url %s", url)
+}
+
diff --git a/workflow-pr/main.go b/workflow-pr/main.go
index 778de2a..af71c18 100644
--- a/workflow-pr/main.go
+++ b/workflow-pr/main.go
@@ -271,15 +271,20 @@ nextSubmodule:
 		// not found in past, check if we should advance the branch label ... pull the submodule
 		git.GitExecOrPanic(config.GitProjectName, "submodule", "update", "--init", "--filter", "blob:none", "--", sub)
 		subDir := path.Join(config.GitProjectName, sub)
-		newCommits := git.GitExecWithOutputOrPanic(subDir, "rev-list", "^origin/"+config.Branch, commitID)
-		if len(common.SplitStringNoEmpty(newCommits, "\n")) >= 1 {
-			sshUrl, err := git.translateHttpsToSshUrl(git.SubmoduleUrl(config.GitProjectName), sub)
+		newCommits := common.SplitStringNoEmpty(git.GitExecWithOutputOrPanic(subDir, "rev-list", "^origin/"+config.Branch, commitID), "\n")
+
+		if len(newCommits) >= 1 {
+			if DebugMode {
+				log.Println("    - updating branch", config.Branch, "to new head", commitID, " - len:", len(newCommits))
+			}
+			git.GitExecOrPanic(subDir, "checkout", "-B", config.Branch, commitID)
+			url := git.GitExecWithOutputOrPanic(subDir, "remote", "get-url", "origin", "--push")
+			sshUrl, err := common.TranslateHttpsToSshUrl(strings.TrimSpace(url))
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Cannot traslate HTTPS git URL to SSH_URL. %w", err)
 			}
-			git.GitExecOrPanic(subDir, "checkout", "-B", config.Branch, commitID)
-			git.GitExecOrPanic(subDir, "remote", "add", "update", sshUrl)
-			git.GitExecOrPanic(subDir, "push", "update", config.Branch)
+			git.GitExecOrPanic(subDir, "remote", "set-url", "origin", "--push", sshUrl)
+			git.GitExecOrPanic(subDir, "push", "origin", config.Branch)
 		}
 	}