diff --git a/.github/workflows/Java.yml b/.github/workflows/Java.yml
index 2482dabf9..a02648b1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Java.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Java.yml
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             # Delete vendoring-${{ github.base_ref }} branch and re-create it for future PRs
             git push --delete origin vendoring-${{ github.base_ref }}
-            git checkout --track origin/main
+            git checkout --track origin/${{ github.base_ref }}
             git pull --ff-only
             git branch vendoring-${{ github.base_ref }}
             git push origin vendoring-${{ github.base_ref }}