diff --git a/.github/workflows/latest-changes.yml b/.github/workflows/latest-changes.yml
index 6f206940d4..be20c98ae9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/latest-changes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/latest-changes.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
           # To allow latest-changes to commit to the main branch
           token: ${{ secrets.FASTAPI_LATEST_CHANGES }}  # zizmor: ignore[secrets-outside-env]
           persist-credentials: true # required by tiangolo/latest-changes