diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-process_release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release-process_release-candidate.yml
index fb62c5d9c5..3d59817996 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-process_release-candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-process_release-candidate.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.branch_name }}
           fetch-tags: true
           fetch-depth: 0