diff --git a/utils/update_metadata.py b/utils/update_metadata.py
index c34d8a39237..e760ce2fd07 100644
--- a/utils/update_metadata.py
+++ b/utils/update_metadata.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import tempfile
 
 import pandas as pd
 from datasets import Dataset
-from huggingface_hub import Repository
+from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download, upload_folder
 
 from transformers.utils import direct_transformers_import
 
@@ -209,43 +209,49 @@ def update_metadata(token, commit_sha):
     """
     Update the metadata for the Transformers repo.
     """
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
-        repo = Repository(tmp_dir, clone_from="huggingface/transformers-metadata", repo_type="dataset", token=token)
+    frameworks_table = get_frameworks_table()
+    frameworks_dataset = Dataset.from_pandas(frameworks_table)
 
-        frameworks_table = get_frameworks_table()
-        frameworks_dataset = Dataset.from_pandas(frameworks_table)
-        frameworks_dataset.to_json(os.path.join(tmp_dir, "frameworks.json"))
+    resolved_tags_file = hf_hub_download(
+        "huggingface/transformers-metadata", "pipeline_tags.json", repo_type="dataset", token=token
+    )
+    tags_dataset = Dataset.from_json(resolved_tags_file)
+    table = {
+        tags_dataset[i]["model_class"]: (tags_dataset[i]["pipeline_tag"], tags_dataset[i]["auto_class"])
+        for i in range(len(tags_dataset))
+    }
+    table = update_pipeline_and_auto_class_table(table)
 
-        tags_dataset = Dataset.from_json(os.path.join(tmp_dir, "pipeline_tags.json"))
-        table = {
-            tags_dataset[i]["model_class"]: (tags_dataset[i]["pipeline_tag"], tags_dataset[i]["auto_class"])
-            for i in range(len(tags_dataset))
+    # Sort the model classes to avoid some nondeterministic updates to create false update commits.
+    model_classes = sorted(table.keys())
+    tags_table = pd.DataFrame(
+        {
+            "model_class": model_classes,
+            "pipeline_tag": [table[m][0] for m in model_classes],
+            "auto_class": [table[m][1] for m in model_classes],
         }
-        table = update_pipeline_and_auto_class_table(table)
+    )
+    tags_dataset = Dataset.from_pandas(tags_table)
 
-        # Sort the model classes to avoid some nondeterministic updates to create false update commits.
-        model_classes = sorted(table.keys())
-        tags_table = pd.DataFrame(
-            {
-                "model_class": model_classes,
-                "pipeline_tag": [table[m][0] for m in model_classes],
-                "auto_class": [table[m][1] for m in model_classes],
-            }
-        )
-        tags_dataset = Dataset.from_pandas(tags_table)
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
+        frameworks_dataset.to_json(os.path.join(tmp_dir, "frameworks.json"))
         tags_dataset.to_json(os.path.join(tmp_dir, "pipeline_tags.json"))
 
-        if repo.is_repo_clean():
-            print("Nothing to commit!")
+        if commit_sha is not None:
+            commit_message = (
+                f"Update with commit {commit_sha}\n\nSee: "
+                f"https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/{commit_sha}"
+            )
         else:
-            if commit_sha is not None:
-                commit_message = (
-                    f"Update with commit {commit_sha}\n\nSee: "
-                    f"https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/{commit_sha}"
-                )
-            else:
-                commit_message = "Update"
-            repo.push_to_hub(commit_message)
+            commit_message = "Update"
+
+        upload_folder(
+            repo_id="huggingface/transformers-metadata",
+            folder_path=tmp_dir,
+            repo_type="dataset",
+            token=token,
+            commit_message=commit_message,
+        )
 
 
 def check_pipeline_tags():