diff --git a/.github/workflows/golang.yaml b/.github/workflows/golang.yaml
index f4a58fb7..eba37c66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golang.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golang.yaml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: benchmark-result
           github_token: ${{ secrets.REPO_PRIVATE_READ_PAT }}
-          branch: ${{github.base_ref}}
+          branch: ${{ github.base_ref || github.ref_name }}
           if_no_artifact_found: warn
       # Run `github-action-benchmark` action
       - name: Store benchmark result
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index f42c76bb..5d34cb28 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # github-workflows Release Notes
 
-## 0.0.2-dev - 2023-12-05
+## 0.0.2-dev - 2023-12-07
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+- golang workflow: use current branch if base_ref not available (PR #74 by
+  @cosimomeli)
 - markdown workflow: support correctly `.prettierignore` (PR #65 by @chicco785)
 - pr-check workflow: pass correctly `input.labels` (PR #67 by @chicco785)
 - markdown workflow: fix check to enable/disable spellchecker (PR #55 by