diff --git a/.forgejo/cascading-release-end-to-end b/.forgejo/cascading-release-end-to-end
index 9be0737b0f..f78c3aeedb 100755
--- a/.forgejo/cascading-release-end-to-end
+++ b/.forgejo/cascading-release-end-to-end
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set -ex
 
+# WARNING: Changes to the behaviour of this file should be backported to all active releases, as it is used in
+# `build-release.yml` from release branches.
+
 end_to_end=$1
 end_to_end_pr=$2
 forgejo=$3
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yml
index 4a17e30174..7b38c27c83 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
           origin-url: ${{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}
           origin-repo: ${{ github.repository }}
           origin-token: ${{ secrets.CASCADE_ORIGIN_TOKEN }}
-          origin-ref: refs/heads/forgejo
+          origin-ref: ${{ github.ref }}
           destination-url: https://code.forgejo.org
           destination-fork-repo: ${{ vars.CASCADE_DESTINATION_DOER }}/end-to-end
           destination-repo: forgejo/end-to-end