diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
index f041765b8..c53bcf260 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ private HttpURLConnection connect(final String service)
 	final HttpURLConnection httpOpen(final URL u) throws IOException {
 		final Proxy proxy = HttpSupport.proxyFor(proxySelector, u);
 		HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) u.openConnection(proxy);
+		conn.setUseCaches(false);
 		conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ENCODING_GZIP);
 		conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_PRAGMA, "no-cache");//$NON-NLS-1$
 		conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_USER_AGENT, userAgent);