diff --git a/.github/actions/travis-env-var-facade/action.yml b/.github/actions/travis-env-var-facade/action.yml
index 7d346e6abf..3b92fac2c3 100644
--- a/.github/actions/travis-env-var-facade/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/travis-env-var-facade/action.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: ${{ github.event_name }}
   branch_name:
-    description: "override GITHUB_REF_NAME"
+    description: "override GITHUB_BASE_REF"
     required: false
-    default: $GITHUB_REF_NAME
+    default: $GITHUB_BASE_REF
     
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ runs:
       run: |
         VERSION_IN_PACKAGE_JSON=$(node -p "require('./package.json')".version)
         echo "version in package.json=${VERSION_IN_PACKAGE_JSON}"
-        if [[ ${{ inputs.base_ref }} =~ ^master(-patch.*)?$ ]]; then
+        if [[ ${{ inputs.branch_name }} =~ ^master(-patch.*)?$ ]]; then
             # Pre-release versions
             if [[ $VERSION_IN_PACKAGE_JSON =~ ^[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*-A\.[0-9]*$ ]];
             then
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ runs:
                 TAG_NPM=latest
             fi
         fi
-        if [[ ${{ inputs.base_ref }} =~ ^develop(-patch.*)?$ ]]; then
+        if [[ ${{ inputs.branch_name }} =~ ^develop(-patch.*)?$ ]]; then
             TAG_NPM=alpha
         fi
         echo "TAG_NPM=${TAG_NPM}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
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