diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-prs.yml
index 4ff92fad25..e726e93d05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-prs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-prs.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,18 @@ jobs:
   upload:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1000
           fetch-tags: true
 
+        # Switch to a new branch with the PR number and PR branch name,
+        # for the projects where the buildscript uses the branch name
+      - name: Create branch for commit
+        run:
+          git switch -C pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+
       - name: Make Gradle executable
         # language=bash
         run: chmod +x ./gradlew # Thanks Windows