diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
index e31037d9..5be54b2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha || github.sha }}
 
       - name: Install python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -63,13 +63,19 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Get git branch and short sha for tag
+        env:
+          EVENT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch || github.ref_name }}
+          EVENT_SHA: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha || github.sha }}
         run: |
-          git_hash_short=$(git rev-parse --short "$GITHUB_SHA")
-          echo "GIT_HASH_SHORT=${git_hash_short}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          git_branch=$(git branch -r --contains ${{ github.ref }} --merged ${{ github.ref }} --format "%(refname:lstrip=3)" | grep -v HEAD)
-          echo "GIT_BRANCH=${git_branch}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          git_branch_docker_safe=$(echo ${git_branch} | tr / -)
-          echo "GIT_BRANCH_DOCKER_SAFE=${git_branch_docker_safe}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          git_hash_short=$(git rev-parse --short "$EVENT_SHA")
+          printf 'GIT_HASH_SHORT=%s\n' "${git_hash_short}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          git_branch="$EVENT_BRANCH"
+          if [[ -z "${git_branch}" ]]; then
+            git_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+          fi
+          printf 'GIT_BRANCH=%s\n' "${git_branch}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          git_branch_docker_safe=$(echo "${git_branch}" | tr / -)
+          printf 'GIT_BRANCH_DOCKER_SAFE=%s\n' "${git_branch_docker_safe}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       # Tagging documented at: https://github.com/docker/metadata-action?tab=readme-ov-file#basic
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker