diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6876b8328d0..b8958602058 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -132,8 +132,12 @@ jobs:
       BASE_ROOT_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      - &CHECKOUT
+        name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          # Ensure the latest merged pull request state is used, even on re-runs.
+          ref: &CHECKOUT_REF_TMPL ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref || '' }}
 
       - name: Clang version
         run: |
@@ -199,8 +203,7 @@ jobs:
             job-name: 'Windows native, fuzz, VS 2022'
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - *CHECKOUT
 
       - name: Configure Developer Command Prompt for Microsoft Visual C++
         # Using microsoft/setup-msbuild is not enough.
@@ -310,8 +313,7 @@ jobs:
       DANGER_CI_ON_HOST_FOLDERS: 1
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - *CHECKOUT
 
       - name: Configure environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/configure-environment
@@ -351,8 +353,7 @@ jobs:
       TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR: 40
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - *CHECKOUT
 
       - name: Download built executables
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -493,8 +494,7 @@ jobs:
             file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_msan.sh'
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - *CHECKOUT
 
       - name: Configure environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/configure-environment
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
+          ref: *CHECKOUT_REF_TMPL
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Configure Docker