diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f9c105f4c4c..8b05a572c21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -895,7 +895,6 @@ jobs:
 
   internal-tests:
     name: Internal Tests
-    needs: [lints]
     # Skip if not a PR or a push to master
     # Skip if this is an external contribution. GitHub secrets will be empty, so the step would fail anyway.
     if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'pull_request' || (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'))
@@ -914,7 +913,7 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.SPACETIMEDB_PRIVATE_TOKEN }}
           script: |
             const workflowId = 'ci.yml';
-            const targetRef = 'master';
+            const targetRef = 'bfops/investigate-lockfile';
             const targetOwner = process.env.TARGET_OWNER;
             const targetRepo = process.env.TARGET_REPO;
             // Use the ref for pull requests because the head sha is brittle (github does some extra dance where it merges in master).