diff --git a/lib/final_destination.rb b/lib/final_destination.rb
index 94fd0e04bff..fa5cbcc06d0 100644
--- a/lib/final_destination.rb
+++ b/lib/final_destination.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class FinalDestination
 
     @status = :ready
     @follow_canonical = @opts[:follow_canonical]
-    @http_verb = http_verb(@force_get_hosts, @follow_canonical)
+    @http_verb = @opts[:http_verb] || http_verb(@force_get_hosts, @follow_canonical)
     @cookie = nil
     @limited_ips = []
     @verbose = @opts[:verbose] || false
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ class FinalDestination
     20
   end
 
-  def self.resolve(url)
-    new(url).resolve
+  def self.resolve(url, opts = nil)
+    new(url, opts).resolve
   end
 
   def http_verb(force_get_hosts, follow_canonical)
diff --git a/lib/theme_store/git_importer.rb b/lib/theme_store/git_importer.rb
index 63db9b4b821..873986af9e0 100644
--- a/lib/theme_store/git_importer.rb
+++ b/lib/theme_store/git_importer.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,25 @@ class ThemeStore::GitImporter
 
   protected
 
+  def redirected_uri
+    first_clone_uri = @uri.dup
+    first_clone_uri.path.gsub!(/\/\z/, "")
+    first_clone_uri.path += "/info/refs"
+    first_clone_uri.query = "service=git-upload-pack"
+
+    redirected_uri = FinalDestination.resolve(first_clone_uri.to_s, http_verb: :get)
+
+    if redirected_uri&.path.ends_with?("/info/refs")
+      redirected_uri.path.gsub!(/\/info\/refs\z/, "")
+      redirected_uri.query = nil
+      redirected_uri
+    else
+      @uri
+    end
+  rescue
+    @uri
+  end
+
   def raise_import_error!
     raise RemoteTheme::ImportError.new(I18n.t("themes.import_error.git"))
   end
@@ -117,44 +136,28 @@ class ThemeStore::GitImporter
   end
 
   def clone_http!
-    uris = [@uri]
+    @uri = redirected_uri
+    @url = @uri.to_s
 
-    begin
-      resolved_uri = FinalDestination.resolve(@uri.to_s)
-      if resolved_uri && resolved_uri != @uri
-        uris.unshift(resolved_uri)
-      end
-    rescue
-      # If this fails, we can stil attempt to clone using the original URI
+    unless ["http", "https"].include?(@uri.scheme)
+      raise_import_error!
     end
 
-    uris.each do |uri|
-      @uri = uri
-      @url = @uri.to_s
+    addresses = FinalDestination::SSRFDetector.lookup_and_filter_ips(@uri.host)
 
-      unless ["http", "https"].include?(@uri.scheme)
-        raise_import_error!
-      end
+    unless addresses.empty?
+      env = { "GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT" => "0" }
 
-      addresses = FinalDestination::SSRFDetector.lookup_and_filter_ips(@uri.host)
+      args = clone_args(
+        "http.followRedirects" => "false",
+        "http.curloptResolve" => "#{@uri.host}:#{@uri.port}:#{addresses.join(',')}",
+      )
 
-      unless addresses.empty?
-        env = { "GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT" => "0" }
-
-        args = clone_args(
-          "http.followRedirects" => "false",
-          "http.curloptResolve" => "#{@uri.host}:#{@uri.port}:#{addresses.join(',')}",
-        )
-
-        begin
-          Discourse::Utils.execute_command(env, *args, timeout: COMMAND_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
-          return
-        rescue RuntimeError
-        end
+      begin
+        Discourse::Utils.execute_command(env, *args, timeout: COMMAND_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+      rescue RuntimeError
       end
     end
-
-    raise_import_error!
   end
 
   def clone_ssh!
diff --git a/spec/lib/theme_store/git_importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/theme_store/git_importer_spec.rb
index 62d588f9bf5..7efe3096b56 100644
--- a/spec/lib/theme_store/git_importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/theme_store/git_importer_spec.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require 'theme_store/git_importer'
 RSpec.describe ThemeStore::GitImporter do
   describe "#import" do
     let(:url) { "https://github.com/example/example.git" }
+    let(:first_fetch_url) { "https://github.com/example/example.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack" }
     let(:trailing_slash_url) { "https://github.com/example/example/" }
     let(:ssh_url) { "git@github.com:example/example.git" }
     let(:branch) { "dev" }
@@ -13,8 +14,17 @@ RSpec.describe ThemeStore::GitImporter do
     before do
       hex = "xxx"
       SecureRandom.stubs(:hex).returns(hex)
-      FinalDestination.stubs(:resolve).with(url).returns(URI.parse(url))
-      FinalDestination::SSRFDetector.stubs(:lookup_and_filter_ips).with("github.com").returns(["192.0.2.100"])
+
+      FinalDestination::SSRFDetector
+        .stubs(:lookup_and_filter_ips)
+        .with("github.com")
+        .returns(["192.0.2.100"])
+
+      FinalDestination
+        .stubs(:resolve)
+        .with(first_fetch_url, http_verb: :get)
+        .returns(URI.parse(first_fetch_url))
+
       @temp_folder = "#{Pathname.new(Dir.tmpdir).realpath}/discourse_theme_#{hex}"
       @ssh_folder = "#{Pathname.new(Dir.tmpdir).realpath}/discourse_theme_ssh_#{hex}"
     end