diff --git a/adoptopenjdk.py b/adoptopenjdk.py
index a95e71f..f380385 100755
--- a/adoptopenjdk.py
+++ b/adoptopenjdk.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # "$yum_sync" "${BASE_URL}/rpm/centos/@{os_ver}/@{arch}" 7-8 AdoptOpenJDK x86_64,aarch64 "centos@{os_ver}-@{arch}" "$BASE_PATH/rpm"
     sp.run([str(here/"yum-sync.py"),
         BASE_URL+'/rpm/centos/@{os_ver}/@{arch}',
+        "--download-repodata",
         '7-8',
         'AdoptOpenJDK',
         'x86_64,aarch64',