diff --git a/models/actions/run.go b/models/actions/run.go
index 37064520a213a..f5e5d9afb0936 100644
--- a/models/actions/run.go
+++ b/models/actions/run.go
@@ -374,10 +374,10 @@ func GetLatestRun(ctx context.Context, repoID int64) (*ActionRun, error) {
 	return run, nil
 }
 
-func GetWorkflowLatestRun(ctx context.Context, repoID int64, workflowFile, branch, event string) (*ActionRun, error) {
+func GetWorkflowLatestRun(ctx context.Context, repoID int64, workflowFile, ref, event string) (*ActionRun, error) {
 	var run ActionRun
-	q := db.GetEngine(ctx).Where("repo_id=?", repoID).
-		And("ref = ?", branch).
+	q := db.GetEngine(ctx).Where("repo_id = ?", repoID).
+		And("ref = ?", ref).
 		And("workflow_id = ?", workflowFile)
 	if event != "" {
 		q.And("event = ?", event)
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ func GetWorkflowLatestRun(ctx context.Context, repoID int64, workflowFile, branc
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else if !has {
-		return nil, util.NewNotExistErrorf("run with repo_id %d, ref %s, workflow_id %s", repoID, branch, workflowFile)
+		return nil, util.NewNotExistErrorf("run with repo_id %d, ref %s, workflow_id %s", repoID, ref, workflowFile)
 	}
 	return &run, nil
 }
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/actions/badge.go b/routers/web/repo/actions/badge.go
index e920ecaf58063..2a95ed66eb2f7 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/actions/badge.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/actions/badge.go
@@ -19,13 +19,33 @@ import (
 func GetWorkflowBadge(ctx *context.Context) {
 	workflowFile := ctx.PathParam("workflow_name")
 	branch := ctx.Req.URL.Query().Get("branch")
-	if branch == "" {
+	tag := ctx.Req.URL.Query().Get("tag")
+	useLatestTag := ctx.Req.URL.Query().Has("latest_tag")
+	var ref string
+	switch {
+	case useLatestTag:
+		tags, _, err := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetTagInfos(0, 1)
+		if err != nil {
+			ctx.ServerError("GetTagInfos", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if len(tags) != 0 {
+			tag = tags[0].Name
+		} else {
+			tag = "" // return empty result on no tag
+		}
+		ref = fmt.Sprintf("refs/tags/%s", tag)
+	case tag != "":
+		ref = fmt.Sprintf("refs/tags/%s", tag)
+	case branch != "":
+		ref = fmt.Sprintf("refs/heads/%s", branch)
+	default:
 		branch = ctx.Repo.Repository.DefaultBranch
+		ref = fmt.Sprintf("refs/heads/%s", branch)
 	}
-	branchRef := fmt.Sprintf("refs/heads/%s", branch)
 	event := ctx.Req.URL.Query().Get("event")
 
-	badge, err := getWorkflowBadge(ctx, workflowFile, branchRef, event)
+	badge, err := getWorkflowBadge(ctx, workflowFile, ref, event)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("GetWorkflowBadge", err)
 		return
@@ -36,11 +56,11 @@ func GetWorkflowBadge(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, "shared/actions/runner_badge")
 }
 
-func getWorkflowBadge(ctx *context.Context, workflowFile, branchName, event string) (badge.Badge, error) {
+func getWorkflowBadge(ctx *context.Context, workflowFile, ref, event string) (badge.Badge, error) {
 	extension := filepath.Ext(workflowFile)
 	workflowName := strings.TrimSuffix(workflowFile, extension)
 
-	run, err := actions_model.GetWorkflowLatestRun(ctx, ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, workflowFile, branchName, event)
+	run, err := actions_model.GetWorkflowLatestRun(ctx, ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, workflowFile, ref, event)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, util.ErrNotExist) {
 			return badge.GenerateBadge(workflowName, "no status", badge.DefaultColor), nil