diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_workflow_verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_workflow_verify.yaml
index 082289374..6b454fa66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_workflow_verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_workflow_verify.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ name: Verify (Reusable Workflow)
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      repository:
+        description: 'The repository to checkout, e.g. eclipse-hawkbit/hawkbit'
+        type: string
+        default: 'eclipse-hawkbit/hawkbit'
       ref:
         description: 'The branch, tag or SHA to checkout, e.g. master'
         type: string
@@ -30,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
       - name: Set up JDK
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-hibernate.yaml b/.github/workflows/verify-hibernate.yaml
index c596e9daa..107ba1c54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-hibernate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-hibernate.yaml
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ jobs:
   verify-hibernate:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable_workflow_verify.yaml
     with:
-      ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref || github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.ref }}
+      repository: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repository || github.repositor }}
+      ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.ref }}
       maven_properties: '-Djpa.vendor=hibernate -Dlogging.level.org.hibernate.collection.spi.AbstractPersistentCollection=ERROR'
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/verify.yaml
index defd11679..abdaa56a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yaml
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ jobs:
   verify:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable_workflow_verify.yaml
     with:
-      ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref || github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.ref }}
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+      repository: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repository || github.repositor }}
+      ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.ref }}
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