diff --git a/src/lando/api/tests/test_landings.py b/src/lando/api/tests/test_landings.py
index 745bf729..dcd54826 100644
--- a/src/lando/api/tests/test_landings.py
+++ b/src/lando/api/tests/test_landings.py
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ def test_integrated_execute_job(
     revisions = [
         create_patch_revision(number, **kwargs) for number, kwargs in revisions_params
     ]
+
     job_params = {
         "status": LandingJobStatus.IN_PROGRESS,
         "requester_email": "test@example.com",
diff --git a/src/lando/main/tests/conftest.py b/src/lando/main/tests/conftest.py
index 8900acfb..b8b383c2 100644
--- a/src/lando/main/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/src/lando/main/tests/conftest.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 def git_repo_seed(request) -> Path:
     return Path(__file__).parent / "data" / "test-repo.patch"
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def git_repo(tmp_path: Path, git_repo_seed: Path) -> Path:
     """
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ def git_repo(tmp_path: Path, git_repo_seed: Path) -> Path:
     subprocess.run(["git", "init", repo_dir], check=True)
     subprocess.run(["git", "branch", "-m", "main"], check=True, cwd=repo_dir)
     _git_setup_user(repo_dir)
+    _git_ignore_denyCurrentBranch(repo_dir)
     subprocess.run(["git", "am", str(git_repo_seed)], check=True, cwd=repo_dir)
     subprocess.run(["git", "show"], check=True, cwd=repo_dir)
     subprocess.run(["git", "branch"], check=True, cwd=repo_dir)
@@ -42,3 +44,16 @@ def _git_setup_user(repo_dir: Path):
         check=True,
         cwd=repo_dir,
     )
+
+
+def _git_ignore_denyCurrentBranch(repo_dir: Path):
+    """Disable error when pushing to this non-bare repo.
+
+    This is a sane protection in general, but it gets in the way of the tests here,
+    where we just want a target, and don't care much about the final state of this
+    target after everything is done."""
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "config", "receive.denyCurrentBranch", "ignore"],
+        check=True,
+        cwd=repo_dir,
+    )