diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64.yaml
index fea62765c84b..82791c064f64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: CI | Publish kata-deploy payload for amd64
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      ref:
+        required: false
+        type: string
       tarball-suffix:
         required: false
         type: string
@@ -24,11 +27,29 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
       - name: get-kata-tarball
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/github-script@v3.1.0
         with:
-          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          script: |
+            var artifacts = await github.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
+               owner: context.repo.owner,
+               repo: context.repo.repo,
+               run_id: ${{github.event.workflow_run.id }},
+            });
+            var matchArtifact = artifacts.data.artifacts.filter((artifact) => {
+              return artifact.name == "kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}"
+            })[0];
+            var download = await github.actions.downloadArtifact({
+               owner: context.repo.owner,
+               repo: context.repo.repo,
+               artifact_id: matchArtifact.id,
+               archive_format: 'tar.xz',
+            });
+            var fs = require('fs');
+            fs.writeFileSync('${{github.workspace}}/kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}.tar.xz', Buffer.from(download.data));
 
       - name: Login to Kata Containers quay.io
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload.yaml
index e19b871f0415..3474f0fb6af5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64.yaml
     with:
+      ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
       tarball-suffix: -${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
       registry: ghcr.io
       repo: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/kata-deploy-ci