diff --git a/scripts/ci-update-readme b/scripts/ci-update-readme
index 31f2744..ca1d063 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-update-readme
+++ b/scripts/ci-update-readme
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ eval "$(ssh-agent)"
 printf '%s' "$DEPLOY_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - >/dev/null
 
 printf 'Adding %s remote\n' "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
-git remote add deploy "git@github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git"
+git remote add deploy "git@github.com:$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git"
 
 echo 'Committing changes to README.md'
 git config user.name "$UPDATE_README_COMMIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ git add README.md
 git commit -m "$UPDATE_README_COMMIT_MESSAGE"
 
 printf 'Pushing to %s\n' "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
-git push deploy "$UPDATE_BRANCH"
+git push deploy "$UPDATE_BRANCH:$UPDATE_BRANCH"
 
 echo 'Done.'