diff --git a/doc/update/4.2-to-5.0.md b/doc/update/4.2-to-5.0.md
index 64b89ee93cf..90f59e1fd1a 100644
--- a/doc/update/4.2-to-5.0.md
+++ b/doc/update/4.2-to-5.0.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ sudo chown git:git -R /home/git/repositories/
 # login as git
 sudo su git
 cd /home/git/gitlab-shell
+git checkout v1.1.0
 
 # copy config
 cp config.yml.example config.yml