diff --git a/.github/workflows/full-release-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/full-release-validation.yml
index dcffa638e0c9..d80c7794236f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/full-release-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/full-release-validation.yml
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           TARGET_REF: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+          TARGET_CONTEXT_REF: ${{ inputs.target_context_ref }}
           TARGET_SHA: ${{ needs.resolve_target.outputs.sha }}
           CHILD_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.ref_name }}
           PARENT_WORKFLOW_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
diff --git a/test/scripts/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.test.ts b/test/scripts/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.test.ts
index 2ea16bc5fb9b..8b9839256dec 100644
--- a/test/scripts/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.test.ts
@@ -279,9 +279,10 @@ describe("scripts/lib/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.mjs", () => {
     const pluginPrereleaseScript = releaseWorkflow.jobs.plugin_prerelease.steps.find(
       (step: WorkflowStep) => step.name === "Dispatch and monitor plugin prerelease",
     ).run;
-    const releaseChecksScript = releaseWorkflow.jobs.release_checks.steps.find(
+    const releaseChecksStep = releaseWorkflow.jobs.release_checks.steps.find(
       (step: WorkflowStep) => step.name === "Dispatch and monitor release checks",
-    ).run;
+    );
+    const releaseChecksScript = releaseChecksStep.run;
     const buildDistStep = workflow.jobs["build-artifacts"].steps.find(
       (step: WorkflowStep) => step.name === "Build dist",
     );
@@ -425,6 +426,7 @@ describe("scripts/lib/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.mjs", () => {
     expect(releaseChecksScript).toContain(
       'release_checks_target_ref="${TARGET_CONTEXT_REF:-$TARGET_REF}"',
     );
+    expect(releaseChecksStep.env?.TARGET_CONTEXT_REF).toBe("${{ inputs.target_context_ref }}");
     expect(releaseChecksScript).toContain('-f ref="$release_checks_target_ref"');
     expect(releaseWorkflowSource).toContain('--arg targetContextRef "$TARGET_CONTEXT_REF"');
     expect(releaseWorkflowSource).toContain("targetContextRef: $targetContextRef");