diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
index 1d6161a500b..6a0ca3b72fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 name: Draft Release
 
-run-name: draft-release-${{ inputs.version }} 
+run-name: draft-release-${{ inputs.tag }}
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      version:
+      tag:
         required: true
 
 env:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
   validate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
-      RELEASE_NAME: "${{ inputs.version }}"
+      RELEASE_NAME: "${{ inputs.tag }}"
     steps:
       - name: Pre-process Release Name
         id: pre_process_release_name
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}
 
       - name: Set up Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
         with:
           cache-disabled: true
+
       - name: Artifactory Publish
         env:
           ARTIFACTORY_USER: ${{ secrets.BESU_ARTIFACTORY_USER }}