diff --git a/.github/scripts/validate_test_ops.sh b/.github/scripts/validate_test_ops.sh
index d8031c071..00bca8d79 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/validate_test_ops.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/validate_test_ops.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,19 @@ retry () {
     $*  || (sleep 1 && $*) || (sleep 2 && $*) || (sleep 4 && $*) || (sleep 8 && $*)
 }
 
+BRANCH = "@main"
+if [[ ${MATRIX_CHANNEL} == "test" ]]
+    SHORT_VERSION=${MATRIX_STABLE_VERSION%.*}
+    BRANCH="@release/${SHORT_VERSION}"
+fi
+
+
 # Clone the Pytorch branch
-retry git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch.git
+retry git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch.git${BRANCH}
 retry git submodule update --init --recursive
 pushd pytorch
 
-pip install expecttest pyyaml jinja2
+pip install expecttest pyyaml jinja2 packaging
 
 # Run test_ops validation
 export CUDA_LAUNCH_BLOCKING=1