diff --git a/.github/workflows/meeting-recordings-refresh.yml b/.github/workflows/meeting-recordings-refresh.yml
index c8ae70d..29b4a54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meeting-recordings-refresh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meeting-recordings-refresh.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          # On `schedule`, github.sha is main as of trigger time. If the job sits in
+          # the runner queue (run 37370568225 waited 70 min) that base is stale and
+          # the auto-commit push below is rejected non-fast-forward. Checking out the
+          # branch by name fetches the live tip at job start instead.
+          ref: main
       - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
         with:
           node-version: '22'
diff --git a/changelog.d/fixed-meeting-recordings-refresh-checkout.md b/changelog.d/fixed-meeting-recordings-refresh-checkout.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf68505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixed-meeting-recordings-refresh-checkout.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Check out live `main` in the meeting-recordings refresh workflow so the scheduled auto-commit no longer fails with a non-fast-forward push when the job is queued.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9759356..113f1f2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14355,9 +14355,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/source-map-js": {
-      "version": "1.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map-js/-/source-map-js-1.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-UXWMKhLOwVKb728IUtQPXxfYU+usdybtUrK/8uGE8CQMvrhOpwvzDBwj0QhSL7MQc7vIsISBG8VQ8+IDQxpfQA==",
+      "version": "1.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map-js/-/source-map-js-1.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KGj/8Y43x35aZVDtt+J4mK1hoLGHULMYfSkODJNQjNDC3oW1PqPoxMwo0pLUsWM/UEGzON/NxeHywEfNXNP3Vw==",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=0.10.0"