diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
index 3fe0c65b7ba..9d57a93f911 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
@@ -2890,8 +2890,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           path: target
-          repository: github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name
-          ref: github.event.pull_request.base.ref
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
       - name: Generate target openapi specs
         run: |
           cd target