diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
index 6e9e85d04fd03..7a4dd382e8bca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ on:
       ref:
         type: string
         required: True
+      devops_ref:
+        type: string
+        required: False
+        description: |
+          By default we checkout the devops directory from "inputs.ref" branch.
+          devops_ref may be specified to checkout the devops dir from different
+          branch.
+          Note: it doesn't affect ./devops/actions/run-tests/* as these actions
+          call checkout again and therefore override the devops directory, so
+          configs/dependecies from input.ref are used.
 
       sycl_toolchain_artifact:
         type: string
@@ -197,7 +207,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo bash -c 'echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_wedged'
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+        ref: ${{ inputs.devops_ref || inputs.ref }}
         sparse-checkout: |
           devops
     - name: Register cleanup after job is finished
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-rel-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-rel-nightly.yml
index cbe99c647bb2d..9e196b8b51d66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-rel-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-rel-nightly.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   # since the last run. More precisely, it checks if the last commit is older
   # than 24h. That means the previous Nightly already tested this commit.
   check_for_new_commits:
+    if: github.repository == 'intel/llvm'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Check for new commits
     outputs:
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
       extra_lit_opts: ${{ matrix.extra_lit_opts }}
       reset_intel_gpu: ${{ matrix.reset_intel_gpu }}
       ref: sycl-rel-6_0_0
+      devops_ref: sycl
       sycl_toolchain_artifact: sycl_linux_default
       sycl_toolchain_archive: ${{ needs.ubuntu2204_build.outputs.artifact_archive_name }}
       sycl_toolchain_decompress_command: ${{ needs.ubuntu2204_build.outputs.artifact_decompress_command }}
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ jobs:
       sycl_toolchain_archive: ${{ needs.build-win.outputs.artifact_archive_name }}
       extra_lit_opts: --param gpu-intel-gen12=True
       ref: sycl-rel-6_0_0
+      devops_ref: sycl
 
   cuda-aws-start:
     needs: [ubuntu2204_build]
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ jobs:
       image_options: -u 1001 --gpus all --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --env NVIDIA_DISABLE_REQUIRE=1
       target_devices: cuda:gpu
       ref: sycl-rel-6_0_0
+      devops_ref: sycl
 
       sycl_toolchain_artifact: sycl_linux_default
       sycl_toolchain_archive: ${{ needs.ubuntu2204_build.outputs.artifact_archive_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-build.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-build.yml
index 973d9dae7dda4..ee8229def53c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-build.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         sparse-checkout: |
           devops/actions
-        ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.sha }} 
     - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@0b201ec74fa43914dc39ae48a89fd1d8cb592756
       with:
         arch: amd64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-run-tests.yml
index a25803236be7d..6b26a23b3db5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-windows-run-tests.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ on:
       ref:
         type: string
         required: False
+      devops_ref:
+        type: string
+        required: False
+        description: |
+          By default we checkout the devops directory from "inputs.ref" branch.
+          devops_ref may be specified to checkout the devops dir from different
+          branch.
+          Note: it doesn't affect ./devops/actions/run-tests/* as these actions
+          call checkout again and therefore override the devops directory, so
+          configs/dependecies from input.ref are used.
 
       sycl_toolchain_artifact:
         type: string
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         sparse-checkout: |
           devops/actions
-        ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.sha }}
+        ref: ${{ inputs.devops_ref|| inputs.ref || github.sha }}
     - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@0b201ec74fa43914dc39ae48a89fd1d8cb592756
       with:
         arch: amd64