diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_standalone.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_standalone.yml
index 425b8962a..38a0ffda6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_standalone.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_standalone.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: "./.github/workflows/ci_standalone_versioned.yml"
     with:
       awx_version: ${{ matrix.awx_version }}
+      gh_ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_standalone_versioned.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_standalone_versioned.yml
index 8dbc3ecb0..f79520644 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_standalone_versioned.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_standalone_versioned.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ on:
         description: The version to pull of awx
         required: true
         type: string
+      gh_ref:
+        description: The ref in the repository to pull
+        required: false
+        default: devel
+        type: string
 env:
   # Run docker-compose up in the background
   COMPOSE_UP_OPTS: -d
@@ -17,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ gh_ref }}
 
       - name: Checkout AWX
         uses: actions/checkout@v2