diff --git a/task/git-clone-oci-ta/0.1/git-clone-oci-ta.yaml b/task/git-clone-oci-ta/0.1/git-clone-oci-ta.yaml
index ee94e893aa..7e1aa19cc4 100644
--- a/task/git-clone-oci-ta/0.1/git-clone-oci-ta.yaml
+++ b/task/git-clone-oci-ta/0.1/git-clone-oci-ta.yaml
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ spec:
         check_symlinks() {
           FOUND_SYMLINK_POINTING_OUTSIDE_OF_REPO=false
           while read symlink; do
-            target=$(readlink -f "$symlink")
+            target=$(readlink -m "$symlink")
             if ! [[ "$target" =~ ^$CHECKOUT_DIR ]]; then
               echo "The cloned repository contains symlink pointing outside of the cloned repository: $symlink"
               FOUND_SYMLINK_POINTING_OUTSIDE_OF_REPO=true
diff --git a/task/git-clone/0.1/git-clone.yaml b/task/git-clone/0.1/git-clone.yaml
index 53f101ca77..6fb6735920 100644
--- a/task/git-clone/0.1/git-clone.yaml
+++ b/task/git-clone/0.1/git-clone.yaml
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ spec:
         FOUND_SYMLINK_POINTING_OUTSIDE_OF_REPO=false
         while read symlink
         do
-          target=$(readlink -f "$symlink")
+          target=$(readlink -m "$symlink")
           if ! [[ "$target" =~ ^$CHECKOUT_DIR ]]; then
             echo "The cloned repository contains symlink pointing outside of the cloned repository: $symlink"
             FOUND_SYMLINK_POINTING_OUTSIDE_OF_REPO=true