diff --git a/salt/utils/gitfs.py b/salt/utils/gitfs.py
index e3e23d00b981..f54ae27d80ec 100644
--- a/salt/utils/gitfs.py
+++ b/salt/utils/gitfs.py
@@ -2201,7 +2201,7 @@ def _fetch(self):
             # pruning only available in pygit2 >= 0.26.2
             pass
         try:
-            fetch_results = origin.fetch(**fetch_kwargs)
+            fetch_results = origin.fetch(proxy=True, **fetch_kwargs)
 
         except GitError as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             exc_str = get_error_message(exc).lower()