diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-to-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/release-to-staging.yml
index 23428e40d7c..965fc86deaa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-to-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-to-staging.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ jobs:
       id-token: "write"
       pull-requests: "write"
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout production
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: production
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Setup environment variables