diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e098a72d8430af9591832663ec25798562b29fe2..86227079770d7068e0f7bc42005e33dce0913170 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+v5.0.1
+  - Fetch repositories with `--quiet` option by default
+
 v5.0.0
   - Remove support for git-annex
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab_projects.rb b/lib/gitlab_projects.rb
index 505b49e88986e5f592d2b8251814bd69e18a7b6a..eec8a2bf83491e3bd78463c9c1ec82a4327ca92d 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab_projects.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab_projects.rb
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ class GitlabProjects
     cmd = %W(git --git-dir=#{full_path} fetch #{@name})
     cmd << '--prune'
     cmd << '--force' if forced
+    cmd << '--quiet'
     cmd << tags_option
     pid = Process.spawn(*cmd)