diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-cm.yml b/.github/workflows/test-cm.yml
index 30b2162e2..b65980e63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-cm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-cm.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         python setup.py install
         python -m cmind
         # cm pull repo --url=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.html_url }} --checkout=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-        cm pull repo --url=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.html_url }}
+        cm pull repo mlcommons@cm4mlops --branch=mlperf-inference
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install cmind
         # cm pull repo --url=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.html_url }} --checkout=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-        cm pull repo --url=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.html_url }}
+        cm pull repo mlcommons@cm4mlops --branch=mlperf-inference
     - name: Test CM
       run: |
         python tests/test_cm.py
diff --git a/cm/cmind/repos.py b/cm/cmind/repos.py
index 0926bb197..8899607de 100644
--- a/cm/cmind/repos.py
+++ b/cm/cmind/repos.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ def pull(self, alias, url = '', branch = '', checkout = '', console = False, des
             extra_flag = ' ' if checkout_only else ' -b '
 
             if branch != '':
-                cmd += extra_flag + branch
+                cmd = 'git fetch && git switch ' + branch
 
             if checkout!='':
                 cmd += ' ' + checkout