diff --git a/.github/workflows/contributors.yml b/.github/workflows/contributors.yml
index 21913a64..7f02f3f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contributors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contributors.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: staged
 
       - name: Extract Node version from package.json
         id: node-version
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@22a9089034f40e5a961c8808d113e2c98fb63676 # v7.0.11
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          base: staged
           commit-message: "docs: update contributors"
           title: "Update Contributors"
           body: |