diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-test-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-test-packages.yml
index 67ea483b..24ce26d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-test-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-test-packages.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: 'actions/checkout@v3'
         with:
           path: '${{ env.BASE_DIR }}/repos/monitoring-plugins'
-          ref: '${{ inputs.package-version || github.ref }}'
+          ref: '${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_commit }}'
 
       # using this instead of the official `download-artifact` action since this allows cross-workflow
       - name: 'download the monitoring-plugins-linux-packages artifact'