diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-deploy-contracts.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-deploy-contracts.yaml
index b6f75c1eb..2c58ca669 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-deploy-contracts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-deploy-contracts.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: cd/contracts
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Merge from the branch that triggered the workflow run
-        run: git merge ${{ github.head_ref }}
+        run: git merge origin/${{ github.head_ref }}
       - name: Write deployed address to output file
         run: |
           mkdir -p deployments