diff --git a/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml
index d2e80e1489..67d6bc374b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
             .github/scripts
     - name: Fetch Versions
       id: version_check
+      env:   
+        BASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.ref_name }}
       run: |
         version_changed=$(./.github/scripts/ipa_version_check.sh)  
         echo "Version changed? ${version_changed}"