diff --git a/controllers/imageupdateautomation_controller.go b/controllers/imageupdateautomation_controller.go
index 03fbbb32..e47cfe9b 100644
--- a/controllers/imageupdateautomation_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/imageupdateautomation_controller.go
@@ -647,6 +647,9 @@ func fetch(ctx context.Context, path string, branch string, access repoAccess) e
 		[]string{refspec},
 		&libgit2.FetchOptions{
 			RemoteCallbacks: access.remoteCallbacks(ctx),
+			ProxyOptions: libgit2.ProxyOptions{
+				Type: libgit2.ProxyTypeAuto,
+			},
 		}, "",
 	)
 	if err != nil && libgit2.IsErrorCode(err, libgit2.ErrorCodeNotFound) {
@@ -684,6 +687,9 @@ func push(ctx context.Context, path, branch string, access repoAccess) error {
 	}
 	err = origin.Push([]string{fmt.Sprintf("refs/heads/%s:refs/heads/%s", branch, branch)}, &libgit2.PushOptions{
 		RemoteCallbacks: callbacks,
+		ProxyOptions: libgit2.ProxyOptions{
+			Type: libgit2.ProxyTypeAuto,
+		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return libgit2PushError(err)