diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
index 3bcc9f60..295868c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: 'actions/checkout@v3'
         with:
           path: '${{ env.BASE_DIR }}/repos/monitoring-plugins-latest'
+          ref: '${{ github.ref }}' # use the current branch
 
       # checkout the given version for the actual monitoring plugins themselves
       - name: 'checkout the monitoring-plugins repo'