diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-release-check.yml b/.github/workflows/post-release-check.yml
index 583c763e9..81c35a970 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-release-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-release-check.yml
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ jobs:
             pro_zip_available: ${{ steps.verify.outputs.pro-zip-path != '' }}
         steps:
             - name: Checkout this repository
-              if: github.event_name != 'workflow_call'
+              if: github.repository == 'elementor/elementor-editor-github-actions'
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
                   persist-credentials: false
 
             - name: Checkout post-release actions
-              if: github.event_name == 'workflow_call'
+              if: github.repository != 'elementor/elementor-editor-github-actions'
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
                   repository: elementor/elementor-editor-github-actions
@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@ jobs:
                 || needs.verify-published.outputs.pro_zip_available == 'true')
         steps:
             - name: Checkout this repository
-              if: github.event_name != 'workflow_call'
+              if: github.repository == 'elementor/elementor-editor-github-actions'
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
                   persist-credentials: false
 
             - name: Checkout post-release actions
-              if: github.event_name == 'workflow_call'
+              if: github.repository != 'elementor/elementor-editor-github-actions'
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
                   repository: elementor/elementor-editor-github-actions
diff --git a/actions/post-release-verify/README.md b/actions/post-release-verify/README.md
index 600c95325..a05b52c88 100644
--- a/actions/post-release-verify/README.md
+++ b/actions/post-release-verify/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Changelog prose is dumped on the job summary for a quick human read. The action
 
 Add a thin workflow in `elementor` / `elementor-pro` that `uses` this repo. `actions_ref` is required and must be the **same git ref** as the `uses:` pin. After this workflow is on `main`, that ref is `main`.
 
+In the reusable workflow, `github.event_name` is the **caller's** event (e.g. `workflow_dispatch`). Checkout of this repo is keyed off `github.repository`, not `workflow_call`.
+
 Merge this repo first. Core/Pro callers that pin `@main` will fail until then.
 
 This repo must allow GitHub Actions access from other Elementor repositories (Settings → Actions → General → Access).