diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 31d485a80d5a4..ec0e6b584a6ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       id: sync-branch
       run: |
         apache_spark_ref=`git rev-parse HEAD`
-        git fetch https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+        git fetch https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}
         git -c user.name='Apache Spark Test Account' -c user.email='sparktestacc@gmail.com' merge --no-commit --progress --squash FETCH_HEAD
         git -c user.name='Apache Spark Test Account' -c user.email='sparktestacc@gmail.com' commit -m "Merged commit"
         echo "::set-output name=APACHE_SPARK_REF::$apache_spark_ref"
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
       id: sync-branch
       run: |
         apache_spark_ref=`git rev-parse HEAD`
-        git fetch https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+        git fetch https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}
         git -c user.name='Apache Spark Test Account' -c user.email='sparktestacc@gmail.com' merge --no-commit --progress --squash FETCH_HEAD
         git -c user.name='Apache Spark Test Account' -c user.email='sparktestacc@gmail.com' commit -m "Merged commit"
         echo "::set-output name=APACHE_SPARK_REF::$apache_spark_ref"
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ jobs:
       id: sync-branch
       run: |
         apache_spark_ref=`git rev-parse HEAD`
-        git fetch https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+        git fetch https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}
         git -c user.name='Apache Spark Test Account' -c user.email='sparktestacc@gmail.com' merge --no-commit --progress --squash FETCH_HEAD
         git -c user.name='Apache Spark Test Account' -c user.email='sparktestacc@gmail.com' commit -m "Merged commit"
         echo "::set-output name=APACHE_SPARK_REF::$apache_spark_ref"