diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger_all_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger_all_tests.yml
index ad9c3d814e..d02439e43e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trigger_all_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger_all_tests.yml
@@ -31,12 +31,30 @@ jobs:
           fi
           echo "User is a member of the organization"
 
+      # Note: actions based on issue comments always trigger from the main branch. So we need to tell CircleCI to use a specific branch. 
+      # We can do that by passing in the target-branch. 
+      # This solution is based on this comment: https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/trigger-circleci-pipeline-action/issues/61#issuecomment-1662021882
+      # But we can also see that the following code reads from this parameter: https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/trigger-circleci-pipeline-action/blob/a81cd720792a6088debd7f182b552845abb86f1b/src/lib/CircleCIPipelineTrigger.ts#L66
+      # Even though it seems to be undocumented as of writing. 
+      # 
+      # Note 2: this assumes that the github client is installed
+      # As of writing, this is installed in ubuntu-latest
+      # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md#cli-tools
+      
+      - name: 'Get PR branch'
+        run: echo ::set-output name=branch::$(gh pr view $PR_NO --repo $REPO --json headRefName --jq '.headRefName')
+        env:
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          PR_NO: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: Trigger CircleCI workflow
         id: trigger_circleci_workflow
         if: success()
 
         uses: CircleCI-Public/trigger-circleci-pipeline-action@v1.2.0
         with:
+          target-branch: ${{ steps.get-branch.outputs.branch }}
           GHA_Meta: "run-from-github-comments"
         env:
           CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CIRCLECI_TOKEN }}