diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ea7e125b0..57696f4b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ jobs:
               run: |
                   sudo bash ./scripts/check-get-yq.sh
 
+            - name: Extract branch name
+              shell: bash
+              run: echo "branch=${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              id: extract_branch
             - name: Set environment variables for beta builds
               if: ${{ ( github.event_name == 'schedule' ) || ( ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release') ) }}
               env:
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ jobs:
                   AIRDROP_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.BETA_AIRDROP_BASE_URL }}
                   AIRDROP_API_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.BETA_AIRDROP_API_BASE_URL }}
                   AIRDROP_TWITTER_AUTH_URL: ${{ secrets.BETA_AIRDROP_TWITTER_AUTH_URL }}
+                  BETA_BRANCH_NAME: ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}
               shell: bash
               run: |
                   #set -xueo pipefail
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
                   yq eval ".version += \"-${BETA_DATE}\"" -i tauri.conf.json
                   yq eval ".app.windows[0].title = \"Tari Universe ${{ env.BETA_STRING }} | Testnet\"" -i tauri.conf.json
                   yq eval ".identifier = \"com.tari.universe.beta\"" -i tauri.conf.json
-                  yq eval ".plugins.updater.endpoints = [\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tari-project/universe/main/.updater/beta-latest.json\"]" \
+                  yq eval ".plugins.updater.endpoints = [\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tari-project/universe/${{ env.BETA_BRANCH_NAME }}/.updater/beta-latest.json\"]" \
                     -i tauri.conf.json
                   cat tauri.conf.json
                   sed -i.bak -E "s/^version\s*=\s*\"([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\"/version = \"\1-${BETA_DATE}\"/" \