diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 23205d51ce3e576463ae6072fb84700bb97e3a13..1f037fbf9603b91a3f511c290c9ec65b2bcca914 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ deploy-to-production:
     name: "production"
     url: "https://monitoring.private.storage/"
 
-# Update the hro-cloud deployment - just like above for production (same branch).
+# Update the hro-cloud deployment - only on a commit to the hro-cloud branch.
 deploy-to-hro-cloud:
   <<: *UPDATE_GRID
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ deploy-to-hro-cloud:
     # https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/index.html#rulesif
     # https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/jobs/job_control.html#cicd-variable-expressions
     # https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/variables/predefined_variables.html
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "production"'
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "hro-cloud"'
 
   environment:
     # See notes in `update-staging`.
@@ -208,3 +208,14 @@ update-production:
               "$CI_PROJECT_ID" \
               "develop" \
               "production"
+
+update-hro-cloud:
+  <<: *RUN_ON_SCHEDULE
+  stage: "build"
+  script:
+    - |
+      ./ci-tools/update-production \
+              "$CI_SERVER_URL" \
+              "$CI_PROJECT_ID" \
+              "develop" \
+              "hro-cloud"
diff --git a/ci-tools/update-production b/ci-tools/update-production
index 7892bce0922075188e92110d1b289528b2b51b22..a3c4cd64cf3f343b76a552e56bc3854d8270f2c7 100755
--- a/ci-tools/update-production
+++ b/ci-tools/update-production
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ describe_update() {
     local TARGET_BRANCH=$1
     shift
 
-    # Since production production (target) should not diverge from develop
-    # (source) it is fine to use `..` instead of `...` in the git ranges here.
+    # Since the target (production or hro-cloud) should not diverge from the source
+    # (develop) it is fine to use `..` instead of `...` in the git ranges here.
     # `...` encounters problems related to discovering the merge base because
     # of the way GitLab manages the git checkout on CI (I think).
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/update-deployment b/nixos/modules/update-deployment
index 5ed8fed5842b40eebd2d15ed7982f6c8a9c3adea..ddac57525caa1e07779ee686302bd6b4c83dcb24 100755
--- a/nixos/modules/update-deployment
+++ b/nixos/modules/update-deployment
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ case "${GRIDNAME}" in
 	;;
 
     "hro-cloud")
-	BRANCH="production"
+	BRANCH="hro-cloud"
 	;;
 
     "production")