diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 475e86f28..2af27d7df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
       with:
-        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
-        ref: ${{ github.repository_owner }} # since we are running this command in the root dir and that root is cloned via LabKey/server
+        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}
+        ref: ${{ github.ref }} # since we are running this command in the root dir and that root is cloned via LabKey/server
         sha: ${{ github.sha }}