diff --git a/scripts/check-kernel-fix b/scripts/check-kernel-fix
index f163b73..ada93e3 100755
--- a/scripts/check-kernel-fix
+++ b/scripts/check-kernel-fix
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ usage()
     echo "	-h: help"
     echo "	-q: quiet mode (no progress)"
     echo "	-v: verbose mode: show state of each branch and even NOP actions"
+    echo "	-r: refresh any cached data. (git pull VULNS_GIT_PATH, cve, bsc medata)"
 }
 
 branch=
@@ -48,8 +49,6 @@ references=
 cve=
 top_level=
 
-branches_conf="$(fetch_branches)"
-
 tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/${0##*/}.XXXXXX)
 trap 'rm -rf "$tmpdir"' EXIT
 
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ find_and_print_toplevel_actions()
 verbose_mode=
 quiet_mode=
 
-while getopts "shcvq" OPT
+while getopts "hvrq" OPT
 do
     case $OPT in
 	h)
@@ -316,6 +315,9 @@ do
 	v)
 	    verbose_mode=1
 	    ;;
+	r)
+	    refresh=1
+	    ;;
 	q)
 	    quiet_mode=1
 	    ;;
@@ -334,23 +336,25 @@ fi
 
 sha=$1
 if ! sha_in_upstream "$1" ; then
-	sha=$(cve2sha $1)
+	sha=$(cve2sha $1 $refresh)
 	if [ -z "$sha" ]
 	then
 		fail "Can find't sha in upstream: $1"
 	fi
 fi
 
-cve=$(sha2cve $sha)
+cve=$(sha2cve $sha $refresh)
 bsc=
 if [ -n "$cve" ]
 then
-	bsc=$(cve2bugzilla $cve)
-	cvss=$(cve2cvss $cve)
-	echo "Security fix for $cve with CVSS ${cvss:-unknown}"
+	bsc=$(cve2bugzilla $cve $refresh)
+	cvss=$(cve2cvss $cve $refresh)
+	echo "Security fix for $cve $bsc with CVSS ${cvss:-unknown}"
 fi
 references="$cve $bsc"
 
+branches_conf="$(fetch_branches $refresh)"
+
 # Check state of each branch
 for_each_build_branch "$branches_conf" check_branch_state $sha $references
 
diff --git a/scripts/common-functions b/scripts/common-functions
index 82a3747..80642fc 100644
--- a/scripts/common-functions
+++ b/scripts/common-functions
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ fetch_cache()
     local CACHE_URL=$1
     local CACHE_FILE=$2
     local EXPIRE=$3
+    local REFRESH=$4
 
+    [ -n "$REFRESH" ] && rm "$CACHE_FILE"
     if [[ $(find "$CACHE_FILE" -mtime -${EXPIRE:-7} -print 2>/dev/null) \
             && -s "$CACHE_FILE" ]]; then
         echo $CACHE_FILE
@@ -19,21 +21,23 @@ fetch_branches()
 {
     local CACHED_BRANCHES="/tmp/$USER-branches.conf"
     local URL="https://kerncvs.suse.de/branches.conf"
+    local REFRESH=$1
     branches=$CACHED_BRANCHES
-    fetch_cache $URL $CACHED_BRANCHES
+    fetch_cache $URL $CACHED_BRANCHES 7 $REFRESH
 }
 
 fetch_cve2bugzilla()
 {
     local CACHED_CVE2BSC="/tmp/$USER-cve2bugzilla"
     local URL="https://gitlab.suse.de/security/cve-database/-/raw/master/data/cve2bugzilla"
-    fetch_cache $URL $CACHED_CVE2BSC 1
+    local REFRESH=$1
+    fetch_cache $URL $CACHED_CVE2BSC 1 $REFRESH
 }
 
 cve2bugzilla()
 {
-    local CVE2BUGZILLA=$(fetch_cve2bugzilla)
     local CVE=$1
+    local CVE2BUGZILLA=$(fetch_cve2bugzilla $2)
     local NR_TO_REPORT=1
     # The first bsc should be the actual report others are product specific (e.g. LP)
     for bsc in $(grep $CVE $CVE2BUGZILLA | cut -d: -f2 | head -n $NR_TO_REPORT)
@@ -46,13 +50,15 @@ fetch_cve2cvss()
 {
     local CACHED_CVE2CVSS="/tmp/$USER-cve2cvss"
     local URL="http://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml"
-    fetch_cache $URL $CACHED_CVE2CVSS 1
+    local REFRESH=$1
+    fetch_cache $URL $CACHED_CVE2CVSS 1 $REFRESH
 }
 
 cve2cvss()
 {
-    local CVE2CVSS=$(fetch_cve2cvss)
     local CVE=$1
+    local REFRESH=$2
+    local CVE2CVSS=$(fetch_cve2cvss $REFRESH)
     local cvss="$(grep $CVE -A3 $CVE2CVSS | grep score:)"
 
     echo ${cvss##*:}
@@ -61,7 +67,8 @@ cve2cvss()
 cve2sha()
 {
 	local arg=$1
-	sha="$(cd $VULNS_GIT_PATH; scripts/cve_search $arg 2>/dev/null | cut -d" " -f7)"
+	local REFRESH=$2
+	sha="$(cd $VULNS_GIT_PATH; [ -n "$REFRESH" ] && git pull >/dev/null 2>&1; scripts/cve_search $arg 2>/dev/null | cut -d" " -f7)"
 	
 	if [ $(echo $sha | wc -c) -eq 41 ]
 	then
@@ -72,7 +79,8 @@ cve2sha()
 sha2cve()
 {
 	local arg=$1
-	cve_sha="$(cd $VULNS_GIT_PATH; scripts/cve_search $arg 2>/dev/null | cut -d" " -f1,7)"
+	local REFRESH=$2
+	cve_sha="$(cd $VULNS_GIT_PATH; [ -n "$REFRESH" ] && git pull >/dev/null 2>&1; scripts/cve_search $arg 2>/dev/null | cut -d" " -f1,7)"
 	
 	if [ $(echo ${cve_sha##* } | wc -c) -eq 41 ]
 	then