diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/code-coverage.yml
index d4acdc136..e7980ee92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-coverage.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
+        # head commit, not merge commit in the case of PRs
+        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
       with: