diff --git a/.github/workflows/shared_meterpreter_acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/shared_meterpreter_acceptance.yml
index 3f1413d918466..24922fc8cf8b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shared_meterpreter_acceptance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/shared_meterpreter_acceptance.yml
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@ name: Build and test payloads
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      # Defaults set as '' will you the current branch as their commit
       metasploit-framework_commit:
         description: "metasploit-framework commit to build with"
-        default: ""
+        default: ''
         required: false
         type: string
       metasploit-payloads_commit:
         description: "metasploit-payloads commit to build with"
-        default: "master"
+        default: ''
         required: false
         type: string
       mettle_commit:
         description: "mettle commit to build with"
-        default: "master"
+        default: ''
         required: false
         type: string
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
   java_meterpreter_compilation:
     name: Compile Java Meterpreter
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') && inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != 'master' }}
+    if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') || inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != '' }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout metasploit-payloads
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
       #  └── metasploit-payloads (Only if the "payload-testing-branch" GitHub label is applied)
       #  └── mettle (Only if the "payload-testing-mettle-branch" GitHub label is applied)
       - name: Checkout mettle
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') && inputs.mettle_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') || inputs.mettle_commit != '') }}
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: rapid7/mettle
@@ -146,27 +147,27 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ inputs.mettle_commit }}
 
       - name: Get mettle version
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') && inputs.mettle_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') || inputs.mettle_commit != '') }}
         run: |
           echo "METTLE_VERSION=$(grep -oh '[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]*' lib/metasploit_payloads/mettle/version.rb)" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
         working-directory: mettle
 
       - name: Prerequisite mettle gem setup
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') && inputs.mettle_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') || inputs.mettle_commit != '') }}
         run: |
           set -x
           ruby -pi.bak -e "gsub(/${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}/, '${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}-dev')" lib/metasploit_payloads/mettle/version.rb
         working-directory: mettle
 
       - name: Compile mettle payloads
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && runner.os != 'macos' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') && inputs.mettle_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && runner.os != 'macos' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') || inputs.mettle_commit != '') }}
         run: |
           docker run --rm=true --tty --volume=$(pwd):/mettle --workdir=/mettle rapid7/build:mettle rake mettle:build mettle:check
           rake build
         working-directory: mettle
 
       - name: Compile mettle payloads - macOS
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && runner.os == 'macos' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') && inputs.mettle_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && runner.os == 'macos' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') || inputs.mettle_commit != '') }}
         run: |
           make TARGET=x86_64-apple-darwin
           rake build
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
           working-directory: metasploit-framework
 
       - name: Move mettle gem into framework
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') && inputs.mettle_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') || inputs.mettle_commit != '') }}
         run: |
           cp ../mettle/pkg/metasploit_payloads-mettle-${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}.pre.dev.gem .
         working-directory: metasploit-framework
@@ -200,13 +201,13 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         name: Download Java meterpreter
         id: download_java_meterpreter
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'java' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') && inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'java' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') || inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != '') }}
         with:
           # Note: Not specifying a name will download all artifacts from the previous workflow jobs
           path: raw-data
 
       - name: Extract Java Meterpreter (Unix)
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'java' && runner.os != 'Windows' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') && inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'java' && runner.os != 'Windows' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') || inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != '') }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -x
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ jobs:
           cp -r  $download_path/java-artifacts/data/* ./metasploit-framework/data
 
       - name: Extract Java Meterpreter (Windows)
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'java' && runner.os == 'Windows' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') && inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'java' && runner.os == 'Windows' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') || inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != '') }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -x
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ jobs:
           cp -r  $download_path/java-artifacts/data/* ./metasploit-framework/data
 
       - name: Install mettle gem
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') && inputs.mettle_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-mettle-branch') || inputs.mettle_commit != '') }}
         run: |
           set -x
           bundle exec gem install metasploit_payloads-mettle-${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}.pre.dev.gem
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: metasploit-framework
 
       - name: Checkout metasploit-payloads
-        if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') && inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') || inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != '' }}
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: rapid7/metasploit-payloads
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Windows payloads via Visual Studio 2019 Build (Windows)
         shell: cmd
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'windows_meterpreter' && matrix.os == 'windows-2019' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') && inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'windows_meterpreter' && matrix.os == 'windows-2019' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') || inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != '') }}
         run: |
           cd c/meterpreter
           git submodule init && git submodule update
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Windows payloads via Visual Studio 2022 Build (Windows)
         shell: cmd
-        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'windows_meterpreter' && matrix.os == 'windows-2022' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') && inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'windows_meterpreter' && matrix.os == 'windows-2022' && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') || inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != '') }}
         run: |
           cd c/meterpreter
           git submodule init && git submodule update
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: metasploit-payloads
 
       - name: Build PHP, Python and Windows payloads
-        if: ${{ (matrix.meterpreter.name == 'php' || matrix.meterpreter.name == 'python' || runner.os == 'Windows') && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') && inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != 'master' }}
+        if: ${{ (matrix.meterpreter.name == 'php' || matrix.meterpreter.name == 'python' || runner.os == 'Windows') && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'payload-testing-branch') || inputs.metasploit-payloads_commit != '') }}
         run: |
           make install-php install-python install-windows
         working-directory: metasploit-payloads