diff --git a/modules/actions/github.go b/modules/actions/github.go
index 68116ec83a..b7f475aa91 100644
--- a/modules/actions/github.go
+++ b/modules/actions/github.go
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ func IsDefaultBranchWorkflow(triggedEvent webhook_module.HookEventType) bool {
 		// Github "issues" event
 		// https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#issues
 		return true
+	case webhook_module.HookEventWorkflowRun:
+		// GitHub "workflow_run" event
+		// https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#workflow_run
+		return true
 	}
 
 	return false
diff --git a/modules/git/commit.go b/modules/git/commit.go
index dfecfe6057..c3d23d6878 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit.go
+++ b/modules/git/commit.go
@@ -247,27 +247,6 @@ func (c *Commit) GetFileContent(filename string, limit int) (string, error) {
 	return string(bytes), nil
 }
 
-// GetBranchName gets the closest branch name (as returned by 'git name-rev --name-only')
-func (c *Commit) GetBranchName() (string, error) {
-	cmd := gitcmd.NewCommand("name-rev")
-	if DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.13.0") {
-		cmd.AddArguments("--exclude", "refs/tags/*")
-	}
-	cmd.AddArguments("--name-only", "--no-undefined").AddDynamicArguments(c.ID.String())
-	data, _, err := cmd.WithDir(c.repo.Path).RunStdString(c.repo.Ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		// handle special case where git can not describe commit
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "cannot describe") {
-			return "", nil
-		}
-
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	// name-rev commitID output will be "master" or "master~12"
-	return strings.SplitN(strings.TrimSpace(data), "~", 2)[0], nil
-}
-
 // GetFullCommitID returns full length (40) of commit ID by given short SHA in a repository.
 func GetFullCommitID(ctx context.Context, repoPath, shortID string) (string, error) {
 	commitID, _, err := gitcmd.NewCommand("rev-parse").
diff --git a/services/actions/notifier.go b/services/actions/notifier.go
index abcaff09a3..19d6be9420 100644
--- a/services/actions/notifier.go
+++ b/services/actions/notifier.go
@@ -816,12 +816,14 @@ func (n *actionsNotifier) WorkflowRunStatusUpdate(ctx context.Context, repo *rep
 		return
 	}
 
-	newNotifyInput(repo, sender, webhook_module.HookEventWorkflowRun).WithPayload(&api.WorkflowRunPayload{
-		Action:       status,
-		Workflow:     convertedWorkflow,
-		WorkflowRun:  convertedRun,
-		Organization: org,
-		Repo:         convert.ToRepo(ctx, repo, access_model.Permission{AccessMode: perm_model.AccessModeOwner}),
-		Sender:       convert.ToUser(ctx, sender, nil),
-	}).Notify(ctx)
+	newNotifyInput(repo, sender, webhook_module.HookEventWorkflowRun).
+		WithRef(git.RefNameFromBranch(repo.DefaultBranch).String()).
+		WithPayload(&api.WorkflowRunPayload{
+			Action:       status,
+			Workflow:     convertedWorkflow,
+			WorkflowRun:  convertedRun,
+			Organization: org,
+			Repo:         convert.ToRepo(ctx, repo, access_model.Permission{AccessMode: perm_model.AccessModeOwner}),
+			Sender:       convert.ToUser(ctx, sender, nil),
+		}).Notify(ctx)
 }
diff --git a/services/convert/convert.go b/services/convert/convert.go
index e79cb343e4..542949dc2a 100644
--- a/services/convert/convert.go
+++ b/services/convert/convert.go
@@ -391,10 +391,8 @@ func getActionWorkflowEntry(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, co
 	cfgUnit := repo.MustGetUnit(ctx, unit.TypeActions)
 	cfg := cfgUnit.ActionsConfig()
 
-	defaultBranch, _ := commit.GetBranchName()
-
 	workflowURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/actions/workflows/%s", repo.APIURL(), util.PathEscapeSegments(entry.Name()))
-	workflowRepoURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/src/branch/%s/%s/%s", repo.HTMLURL(ctx), util.PathEscapeSegments(defaultBranch), util.PathEscapeSegments(folder), util.PathEscapeSegments(entry.Name()))
+	workflowRepoURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/src/branch/%s/%s/%s", repo.HTMLURL(ctx), util.PathEscapeSegments(repo.DefaultBranch), util.PathEscapeSegments(folder), util.PathEscapeSegments(entry.Name()))
 	badgeURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/actions/workflows/%s/badge.svg?branch=%s", repo.HTMLURL(ctx), util.PathEscapeSegments(entry.Name()), url.QueryEscape(repo.DefaultBranch))
 
 	// See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/workflows?apiVersion=2022-11-28#get-a-workflow
@@ -466,14 +464,19 @@ func ListActionWorkflows(ctx context.Context, gitrepo *git.Repository, repo *rep
 }
 
 func GetActionWorkflow(ctx context.Context, gitrepo *git.Repository, repo *repo_model.Repository, workflowID string) (*api.ActionWorkflow, error) {
-	entries, err := ListActionWorkflows(ctx, gitrepo, repo)
+	defaultBranchCommit, err := gitrepo.GetBranchCommit(repo.DefaultBranch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	folder, entries, err := actions.ListWorkflows(defaultBranchCommit)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	for _, entry := range entries {
-		if entry.ID == workflowID {
-			return entry, nil
+		if entry.Name() == workflowID {
+			return getActionWorkflowEntry(ctx, repo, defaultBranchCommit, folder, entry), nil
 		}
 	}