diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 6aee44a..a1e1024 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ steps:
     image: alpine/git
     commands:
       - git clone $DRONE_REMOTE_URL .
-      - git checkout dev
-  - name: generate changelog
+      - git checkout $DRONE_SOURCE_BRANCH
+  - name: run changelog export
     image: node:latest
     commands:
       - npx auto-changelog --commit-limit false -p -u --hide-credit
   - name: push new licenses file to repo
     image: appleboy/drone-git-push
     settings:
-      branch: dev
+      branch: $DRONE_SOURCE_BRANCH
       commit: true
       commit_message: 🧾New changelog file version [CI SKIP]
       author_email: bot@odit.services