diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit-aws.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit-aws.yml
index b6820eb7c2458..e8bd368556aa9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit-aws.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit-aws.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       target_devices: cuda:gpu
       # No idea why but that seems to work and be in sync with the main
       # pre-commit workflow.
-      ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.referenced_workflows[0].sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.referenced_workflows[0].sha }}
 
       sycl_toolchain_artifact: sycl_linux_default
       sycl_toolchain_archive: llvm_sycl.tar.zst
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml
index 7740117e00634..e03364a72fe1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
       target_devices: ${{ matrix.target_devices }}
       extra_lit_opts: --param fallback-to-build-if-requires-build-and-run=True ${{ matrix.extra_lit_opts }}
       reset_intel_gpu: ${{ matrix.reset_intel_gpu }}
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
       sycl_toolchain_artifact: sycl_linux_default
       sycl_toolchain_archive: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact_archive_name }}
       sycl_toolchain_decompress_command: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact_decompress_command }}
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
       env: '{"LIT_FILTER":"PerformanceTests/"}'
       extra_lit_opts: -a -j 1 --param enable-perf-tests=True
 
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
 
       sycl_toolchain_artifact: sycl_linux_default
       sycl_toolchain_archive: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact_archive_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
index 9bad484b1c12e..aeab15e9509a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: ''
 
-      ref:
+      repo_ref:
         type: string
         required: True
         description: |
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
         done
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        ref: ${{ inputs.devops_ref || inputs.ref }}
+        ref: ${{ inputs.devops_ref || inputs.repo_ref }}
         sparse-checkout: |
           devops
     - name: Register cleanup after job is finished
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ jobs:
       if: inputs.tests_selector == 'e2e'
       uses: ./devops/actions/run-tests/e2e
       with:
-        ref: ${{ inputs.tests_ref || inputs.ref || github.sha }}
+        ref: ${{ inputs.tests_ref || inputs.repo_ref || github.sha }}
         binaries_artifact: ${{ inputs.e2e_binaries_artifact }}
         testing_mode: ${{ inputs.e2e_testing_mode }}
         extra_cmake_args: ${{ inputs.extra_cmake_args }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-nightly.yml
index f8e2f1e06f197..12e06019bd355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-nightly.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
       tests_selector: e2e
       extra_lit_opts: "--param 'cxx_flags=-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0' ${{ matrix.extra_lit_opts }}"
       reset_intel_gpu: ${{ matrix.reset_intel_gpu }}
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
       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 }}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
       reset_intel_gpu: true
       extra_lit_opts: -j 50
       image_options: -u 1001 --device=/dev/dri -v /dev/dri/by-path:/dev/dri/by-path --privileged --cap-add SYS_ADMIN
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
       sycl_toolchain_artifact: sycl_linux_oneapi
       sycl_toolchain_archive: ${{ needs.ubuntu2404_oneapi_build.outputs.artifact_archive_name }}
       sycl_toolchain_decompress_command: ${{ needs.ubuntu2404_oneapi_build.outputs.artifact_decompress_command }}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
       image: ghcr.io/intel/llvm/ubuntu2204_build:latest
       image_options: -u 1001 --gpus all --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --env NVIDIA_DISABLE_REQUIRE=1
       target_devices: cuda:gpu
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
 
       sycl_toolchain_artifact: sycl_linux_default
       sycl_toolchain_archive: ${{ needs.ubuntu2204_build.outputs.artifact_archive_name }}
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ jobs:
       cts_testing_mode: 'build-only'
       image_options: -u 1001 --device=/dev/dri --privileged --cap-add SYS_ADMIN
       tests_selector: cts
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
       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 }}
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ jobs:
       image_options: ${{ matrix.image_options }}
       target_devices: ${{ matrix.target_devices }}
       tests_selector: cts
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
       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 }}
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ jobs:
       target_devices: ${{ matrix.target_devices }}
       tests_selector: compute-benchmarks
       reset_intel_gpu: ${{ matrix.reset_intel_gpu }}
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
       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 }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml
index 6e22473bf0cf1..f4c93b0a4280c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
       extra_lit_opts: ${{ matrix.extra_lit_opts }}
       env: ${{ matrix.env || '{}' }}
 
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
 
       sycl_toolchain_artifact: sycl_linux_default
       sycl_toolchain_archive: ${{ needs.build-lin.outputs.artifact_archive_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-rel-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-rel-nightly.yml
index b4b4a119b858c..3c37796e749f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-rel-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-rel-nightly.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       tests_selector: ${{ matrix.tests_selector }}
       extra_lit_opts: ${{ matrix.extra_lit_opts }}
       reset_intel_gpu: ${{ matrix.reset_intel_gpu }}
-      ref: sycl-rel-6_0_0
+      repo_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 }}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
       image: ghcr.io/intel/llvm/ubuntu2204_build:latest
       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
+      repo_ref: sycl-rel-6_0_0
       devops_ref: sycl
 
       sycl_toolchain_artifact: sycl_linux_default
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
       cts_testing_mode: 'build-only'
       image_options: -u 1001 --device=/dev/dri --privileged --cap-add SYS_ADMIN
       tests_selector: cts
-      ref: sycl-rel-6_0_0
+      repo_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 }}
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
       image_options: ${{ matrix.image_options }}
       target_devices: ${{ matrix.target_devices }}
       tests_selector: cts
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
       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-weekly.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-weekly.yml
index edb51e121d136..84e22c577d161 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-weekly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-weekly.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       cts_testing_mode: 'build-only'
       image_options: -u 1001 --device=/dev/dri --privileged --cap-add SYS_ADMIN
       tests_selector: cts
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
       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 }}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       image_options: ${{ matrix.image_options }}
       target_devices: ${{ matrix.target_devices }}
       tests_selector: cts
-      ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+      repo_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
       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 }}