diff --git a/.github/workflows/_get_torch_commit.yml b/.github/workflows/_get_torch_commit.yml
index debaecd8194..062a95a248e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_get_torch_commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_get_torch_commit.yml
@@ -17,16 +17,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ls -la
           rm -rvf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/*
-      - name: Checkout PyTorch Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: pytorch/pytorch
-          path: pytorch
-          submodules: recursive
       - id: get_torch_commit
         name: Get torch commit
         run: |
-          cd pytorch
-          torch_commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD) 
+          torch_commit=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch.git HEAD | awk '{print $1}') 
           echo "torch_commit=$torch_commit" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test.yml b/.github/workflows/_test.yml
index 8a454cc075b..ed0376558eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         default: false
         description: Whether to install CUDA plugin package
+      torch-commit:
+          required: true
+          type: string
+          description: torch-commit
 
     secrets:
       gcloud-service-key:
@@ -128,20 +132,12 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Import check..."
           python -c "import torch_xla"
-      - name: Record PyTorch commit
-        run: |
-          # Don't just pipe output in shell because imports may do extra logging
-          python -c "
-          import torch_xla.version
-          with open('$GITHUB_ENV', 'a') as f:
-            f.write(f'PYTORCH_COMMIT={torch_xla.version.__torch_gitrev__}\n')
-          "
       - name: Checkout PyTorch Repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: pytorch/pytorch
           path: pytorch
-          ref: ${{ env.PYTORCH_COMMIT }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.torch-commit }}
       - name: Checkout PyTorch/XLA Repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test_requiring_torch_cuda.yml b/.github/workflows/_test_requiring_torch_cuda.yml
index a3e265e557f..a56b85616a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test_requiring_torch_cuda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test_requiring_torch_cuda.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ on:
         description: |
           Set the maximum (in minutes) how long the workflow should take to finish
             timeout-minutes:
+      torch-commit:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+        description: torch-commit
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -84,20 +88,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "Check if CUDA is available for PyTorch..."
           python -c "import torch; assert torch.cuda.is_available()"
           echo "CUDA is available for PyTorch."
-      - name: Record PyTorch commit
-        run: |
-          # Don't just pipe output in shell because imports may do extra logging
-          python -c "
-          import torch_xla.version
-          with open('$GITHUB_ENV', 'a') as f:
-            f.write(f'PYTORCH_COMMIT={torch_xla.version.__torch_gitrev__}\n')
-          "
       - name: Checkout PyTorch Repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: pytorch/pytorch
           path: pytorch
-          ref: ${{ env.PYTORCH_COMMIT }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.torch-commit }}
       - name: Checkout PyTorch/XLA Repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 1a924f65036..7cb8dd9adff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -55,36 +55,39 @@ jobs:
   test-python-cpu:
     name: "CPU tests"
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_test.yml
-    needs: build-torch-xla
+    needs: [build-torch-xla, get-torch-commit]
     with:
       dev-image: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/tpu-pytorch-releases/docker/development:3.10_tpuvm
       timeout-minutes: 120
       collect-coverage: false
+      torch-commit: ${{needs.get-torch-commit.outputs.torch_commit}}
     secrets:
       gcloud-service-key: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY }}
 
   test-cuda:
     name: "GPU tests"
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_test.yml
-    needs: [build-torch-xla, build-cuda-plugin]
+    needs: [build-torch-xla, build-cuda-plugin, get-torch-commit]
     with:
       dev-image: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/tpu-pytorch-releases/docker/development:3.10_cuda_12.1
       runner: linux.8xlarge.nvidia.gpu
       timeout-minutes: 300
       collect-coverage: false
       install-cuda-plugin: true
+      torch-commit: ${{needs.get-torch-commit.outputs.torch_commit}}
     secrets:
       gcloud-service-key: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY }}
 
   test-cuda-with-pytorch-cuda-enabled:
     name: "GPU tests requiring torch CUDA"
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_test_requiring_torch_cuda.yml
-    needs: [build-torch-with-cuda, build-torch-xla, build-cuda-plugin]
+    needs: [build-torch-with-cuda, build-torch-xla, build-cuda-plugin, get-torch-commit]
     with:
       dev-image: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/tpu-pytorch-releases/docker/development:3.10_cuda_12.1
       runner: linux.8xlarge.nvidia.gpu
       timeout-minutes: 300
       collect-coverage: false
+      torch-commit: ${{needs.get-torch-commit.outputs.torch_commit}}
 
   test-tpu:
     name: "TPU tests"