diff --git a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
index 4ad3fae..206221c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions"
           git config user.email "github-actions@github.com"
-      - name: Create new local branch
-        run: git checkout -b temp-zip-branch
-
-      - name: Remove all files except the ZIP
+      - name: Create orphan branch for ZIP archive
         run: |
+          git checkout --orphan zip-archive
+          git rm -rf .
+          git clean -fdx
           git add archive_with_hash.zip
           git commit -m "Update ZIP archive with latest commit hash"
 
-      - name: Force push to zip-archive branch
-        run: git push origin temp-zip-branch:zip-archive --force
+      - name: Force push to remote zip-archive branch
+        run: git push origin zip-archive --force