diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
index cb34f6e95..d99daa998 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          branch: release
+          ref: release
       - name: Rebase
         run: |
           git fetch origin HEAD --depth=1