diff --git a/.github/workflows/demo-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/demo-testing.yml
index 1d4b95bc..bf6aad7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/demo-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/demo-testing.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,25 @@ on: ["push", "pull_request"]
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      api_tests_ref: ${{ steps.extract-info.outputs.API_TESTS_REF }}
     steps:
       - name: Extract pull request number from inputs or PR description
+        id: extract-info
         run: |
           echo "${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}"
           PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER=$(echo "${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}" | grep -oP 'Addon PR: \K\d+' || true)
+          echo "API_TESTS_REF=main" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           if [ -z "$PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER" ]; then
-            echo "ADDON_REF=main" >>$GITHUB_ENV
+            if [ -z "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}" ]; then
+              echo "Using addon branch main"
+              echo "ADDON_REF=main" >>$GITHUB_ENV
+            else
+              echo "Using addon branch ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}"
+              echo "ADDON_REF=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}" >>$GITHUB_ENV
+              # when we know the base branch, we should use the identical branch of api tests
+              echo "API_TESTS_REF=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            fi
           else
             echo "ADDON_REF=refs/pull/$PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER/merge" >>$GITHUB_ENV
           fi
@@ -37,13 +49,6 @@ jobs:
             <(yq -P 'sort_keys(..)' -o=props <(git show HEAD:demo-dep-output.yaml)) \
             <(yq -P 'sort_keys(..)' -o=props <(cat demo-dep-output.yaml))
 
-      # - name: run demo image and ensure dependency output unchanged
-      #   run: |
-      #     podman run --entrypoint /usr/bin/konveyor-analyzer-dep -v $(pwd)/demo-dep-output.yaml:/analyzer-lsp/demo-dep-output.yaml:Z localhost/testing:latest --output-file=demo-dep-output.yaml --dep-output-file=de
-      #     diff \
-      #       <(yq -P 'sort_keys(..)' -o=props <(git show HEAD:demo-dep-output.yaml)) \
-      #       <(yq -P 'sort_keys(..)' -o=props <(cat demo-dep-output.yaml))
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -69,3 +74,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: konveyor/ci/.github/workflows/global-ci.yml@main
     with:
       component_name: tackle2-addon-analyzer
+      api_tests_ref: "${{ needs.test.outputs.api_tests_ref }}"
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