diff --git a/scripts/release/createNativeModules.js b/scripts/release/createNativeModules.js
index 8d8d58e66..5db5714cc 100644
--- a/scripts/release/createNativeModules.js
+++ b/scripts/release/createNativeModules.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ async function updateNativeComponentsTestProject(moduleInfo, tmpFolder, nativeWi
     const tmpFolderActions = join(tmpFolder, `javascriptsource/${moduleInfo.moduleFolderNameInModeler}/actions`);
 
     console.log("Updating NativeComponentsTestProject...");
-    await cloneRepo(moduleInfo.testProjectUrl, tmpFolder);
+    await cloneRepo(moduleInfo.testProjectUrl, tmpFolder, moduleInfo.testProjectBranchName);
 
     console.log("Deleting existing JS Actions from test project...");
     await rm(tmpFolderActions, { force: true, recursive: true }); // this is useful to avoid retaining stale dependencies in the test project.
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ async function updateNativeComponentsTestProjectWithAtlas(moduleInfo, tmpFolder)
     const tmpFolderNativeStyles = join(tmpFolder, `themesource/${moduleInfo.moduleFolderNameInModeler}`);
 
     console.log("Updating NativeComponentsTestProject..");
-    await cloneRepo(moduleInfo.testProjectUrl, tmpFolder);
+    await cloneRepo(moduleInfo.testProjectUrl, tmpFolder, moduleInfo.testProjectBranchName);
 
     console.log("Copying Native styling files..");
     await Promise.all([
diff --git a/scripts/release/module-automation/commons.d.ts b/scripts/release/module-automation/commons.d.ts
index c7df0b02e..e63376ea1 100644
--- a/scripts/release/module-automation/commons.d.ts
+++ b/scripts/release/module-automation/commons.d.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function getFiles(folder: string, extensions?: string[]): Promise<string[
 
 export function getPackageInfo(folder: string): Promise<any>;
 
-export function cloneRepo(githubUrl: string, localFolder: string, branchName?: string): Promise<void>;
+export function cloneRepo(githubUrl: string, localFolder: string, branchName: string): Promise<void>;
 
 export function createMPK(tmpFolder: string, moduleInfo: any, excludeFilesRegExp: RegExp): Promise<string>;
 
diff --git a/scripts/release/module-automation/commons.js b/scripts/release/module-automation/commons.js
index 717dde883..67762893f 100644
--- a/scripts/release/module-automation/commons.js
+++ b/scripts/release/module-automation/commons.js
@@ -207,12 +207,13 @@ async function githubAuthentication(moduleInfo) {
     await execShellCommand(`echo "${process.env.GH_PAT}" | gh auth login --with-token`);
 }
 
-async function cloneRepo(githubUrl, localFolder) {
+async function cloneRepo(githubUrl, localFolder, branchName) {
     const githubUrlDomain = githubUrl.replace("https://", "");
     const githubUrlAuthenticated = `https://${process.env.GH_USERNAME}:${process.env.GH_PAT}@${githubUrlDomain}`;
     await rm(localFolder, { recursive: true, force: true });
     await mkdir(localFolder, { recursive: true });
-    await execShellCommand(`git clone ${githubUrlAuthenticated} ${localFolder}`);
+    const branchOption = branchName ? `-b ${branchName}` : "";
+    await execShellCommand(`git clone ${branchOption} ${githubUrlAuthenticated} ${localFolder}`);
     await setLocalGitCredentials(localFolder);
 }