diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-merge-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-merge-checks.yml
index 9e5c3df52c..3bd81f6538 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-merge-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-merge-checks.yml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
           ${{
             always()
             && github.event_name == 'merge_group'
-            && contains(fromJson('["release", "release-proxy", "release-compute"]'), github.base_ref)
+            && contains(fromJson('["release", "release-proxy", "release-compute"]'), needs.meta.outputs.branch)
           }}
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_ACCESS_TOKEN }}