diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 725f4193..76c27015 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          ref: main
       #         with:
       #           # pulls all commits (needed for lerna / semantic release to correctly version)
       #           fetch-depth: "0"