diff --git a/docs/operations-guide/running-metabase-on-heroku.md b/docs/operations-guide/running-metabase-on-heroku.md
index 7e7e20aa088d2f4e930dcc2492ca5ea27ec1d386..781f8aa7bb89111de116da06dc1de009eb9199a1 100644
--- a/docs/operations-guide/running-metabase-on-heroku.md
+++ b/docs/operations-guide/running-metabase-on-heroku.md
@@ -68,3 +68,10 @@ git push -f heroku master
 ```
 
 * Wait for the deploy to finish
+
+* If there have been no new changes to the metabase-deploy repository, you will need to add an empty commit. This triggers Heroku to re-deploy the code, fetching the newest version of Metabase in the process.
+
+```bash
+git commit --allow-empty -m "empty commit"
+git push -f heroku master
+```