diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index f4eb0c0..5ceb47a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          repository: Drop-OSS/drop
+          ref: release-prep
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 3 # fix for when this gets triggered by tag
           fetch-tags: true
-          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Determine final version