diff --git a/.github/workflows/rolling_ros2_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/rolling_ros2_ci.yml
index 528317c..c7bf77f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rolling_ros2_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rolling_ros2_ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ jobs:
       CCACHE_DIR: "${{ github.workspace }}/.ccache" # directory for ccache (and how we enable ccache in industrial_ci)
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # clone target repository
+        with:
+          ref: rolling
       - uses: actions/cache@v4 # fetch/store the directory used by ccache before/after the ci run
         with:
           path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}