diff --git a/.github/workflows/combined.yaml b/.github/workflows/combined.yaml
index dadc2068da..872e99e8b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/combined.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/combined.yaml
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
+           ref: catalog-dashboard # TODO: update to prod when happy
            fetch-depth: 0
            set-safe-directory: '*'d
-           ref: catalog-dashboard # TODO: update to prod when happy
 
       - name: install validator
         run: |
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
+           ref: catalog-dashboard # TODO: update to prod when happy
            fetch-depth: 0
            set-safe-directory: '*'
-           ref: catalog-dashboard # TODO: update to prod when happy
 
       - uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
         with: