diff --git a/doc-builder b/doc-builder
index 05bbc73f..1899d275 100755
--- a/doc-builder
+++ b/doc-builder
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function update_repositories() {
     if [ -f ./scripts/sbcli.lock ]; then
       echo "Found sbcli.lock, checking out locked reference..."
       pushd ./scripts/sbcli-repo
-      git reset --hard "$(cat ../sbcli.lock)"
+      git checkout "$(cat ../sbcli.lock)"
       popd
     fi
   else
diff --git a/scripts/sbcli.lock b/scripts/sbcli.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..641263e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sbcli.lock
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+origin/R25.3-PRE
\ No newline at end of file