diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 423c706d5b..84226dc8ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ name: CI
 on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      e2eRef:
+        description: 'e2e repo ref to execute tests from'
+        required: false
+        default: main
+        type: string
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -82,4 +88,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: restatedev/e2e/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml@main
     with:
       restateCommit: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-      e2eRef: main
+      e2eRef: ${{ inputs.e2eRef }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 73c4e277a0..4853bdea0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ jobs:
     needs: [verify-version]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml
     secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      e2eRef: 5e28a0c7e0539425165493d046501968e6b41239 # use e2e repo from the time of 0.7.0
 
   build-docker-image:
     name: Build release Docker image