diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index e0c319d057f..6ec32c464b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -209,22 +209,22 @@ jobs:
 
     # depends on `model` as a separate job so that the baseline can be committed to more than one branch
     # i.e. release branch and main
-    needs: [latest-runner, model]
+    needs: [set-variables, latest-runner, model]
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - base-branch: "refs/heads/main"
-            target-branch: "performance-bot/main_${{needs.set-variables.outputs.release_id}}_${{GITHUB.RUN_ID}}"
-          - base-branch: "refs/heads/${{ needs.set-variables.outputs.release_branch }}"
-            target-branch: "performance-bot/release_${{needs.set-variables.outputs.release_id}}_${{GITHUB.RUN_ID}}"
+          - base-branch: refs/heads/main
+            target-branch: performance-bot/main_${{ needs.set-variables.outputs.release_id }}_${{GITHUB.RUN_ID}}
+          - base-branch: refs/heads/${{ needs.set-variables.outputs.release_branch }}
+            target-branch: performance-bot/release_${{ needs.set-variables.outputs.release_id }}_${{GITHUB.RUN_ID}}
 
     steps:
       - name: '[DEBUG] print variables'
         run: |
-          echo "all variables defined in set-variables > Set Variables > outputs"
+          echo "all variables defined in set-variables"
           echo "cache_key:      ${{ needs.set-variables.outputs.cache_key }}"
           echo "release_id:     ${{ needs.set-variables.outputs.release_id }}"
           echo "release_branch: ${{ needs.set-variables.outputs.release_branch }}"
diff --git a/performance/baselines/1.4.0/parse___01_2000_simple_models.json b/performance/baselines/1.4.0/parse___01_2000_simple_models.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab5ae4b4d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/performance/baselines/1.4.0/parse___01_2000_simple_models.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"version":"1.4.0","metric":{"name":"parse","project_name":"01_2000_simple_models"},"ts":"2023-05-02T23:09:58.990519791Z","measurement":{"command":"dbt parse --no-version-check --profiles-dir ../../project_config/","mean":44.19174045794,"stddev":0.40085507881054,"median":44.19174045794,"user":43.589940385,"system":0.46467554999999994,"min":43.90829311344,"max":44.47518780244,"times":[44.47518780244,43.90829311344]}}
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