diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release.yml
index 0347d1f755..7723cb599a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set output variable to latest release branch
         id: step2
-        run: echo "latest_release=$(git branch -r | grep -E 'release/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | tail -n 1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: echo "latest_release=$(git branch -r | grep -E 'release/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | tail -n 1 | sed 's/origin\///')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   build:
     needs: [get_release,matrix_prep]
     strategy:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out latest release branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          ref: release/v1.1.1
+          ref: ${{needs.get_release.outputs.output1}}
 
       - name: Install rust toolchain
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1