diff --git a/.github/actions/build_micro_service_ko/action.yml b/.github/actions/build_micro_service_ko/action.yml
index 4cbfe171e..e16a39afc 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build_micro_service_ko/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build_micro_service_ko/action.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "Path to the .ko.yaml config file"
     default: ".ko.yaml"
     required: false
+  constellationPath:
+    description: "Path to the root of the Constellation repo"
+    #default: "TEST_MICRO_SERVICE_"
+    required: true
   koTarget:
     description: "Go package to build with ko"
     required: true
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@ runs:
     - name: Determine pseudo version
       id: pseudo-version
       uses: ./.github/actions/pseudo_version
+      with:
+        constellationPath: ${{ inputs.constellationPath }}
 
     - name: Build and upload container image
       id: build-and-upload
diff --git a/.github/actions/pseudo_version/action.yml b/.github/actions/pseudo_version/action.yml
index 38a04fcb3..ae2db64ea 100644
--- a/.github/actions/pseudo_version/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/pseudo_version/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 name: Determine pseudo version
 description: "Determine go-like pseudo version to use as container image tag."
+inputs:
+  constellationPath:
+    description: "Path to Constellation repository root"
+    #default: "."
+    required: true
 
 outputs:
   pseudoVersion:
@@ -25,24 +30,30 @@ runs:
     - name: get pseudo version
       id: pseudo-version
       run: |
+        ln -s ${{ inputs.constellationPath }}/.git .git
         if $(git rev-parse --is-shallow-repository); then
           git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags -v
         else
           git fetch --tags -v
         fi
+        rm .git
+
+        pseudoVersionPath=${{ inputs.constellationPath }}/hack/pseudo-version
         homedir="$(getent passwd $(id -u) | cut -d ":" -f 6)"
+
         export GOCACHE=${homedir}/.cache/go-build
         export GOPATH=${homedir}/go
         export GOMODCACHE=${homedir}/.cache/go-mod
-        pseudoVersion=$(go run .)
-        semanticVersion=$(go run . -semantic-version)
-        timestamp=$(go run . -print-timestamp)
-        branchName=$(go run . -print-branch)
-        releaseVersion=$(go run . -print-release-branch)
+
+        pseudoVersion=$(go run $pseudoVersionPath)
+        semanticVersion=$(go run $pseudoVersionPath -semantic-version)
+        timestamp=$(go run $pseudoVersionPath -print-timestamp)
+        branchName=$(go run $pseudoVersionPath -print-branch)
+        releaseVersion=$(go run $pseudoVersionPath -print-release-branch)
+
         echo "pseudoVersion=${pseudoVersion}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "semanticVersion=${semanticVersion}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "timestamp=${timestamp}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "branchName=${branchName}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "releaseVersion=${releaseVersion}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      working-directory: hack/pseudo-version
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-gcp-guest-agent-ko.yml b/.github/workflows/build-gcp-guest-agent-ko.yml
index 8629a92ed..65ba8b5cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-gcp-guest-agent-ko.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-gcp-guest-agent-ko.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-gcp-guest-agent:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: ./constellation
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
@@ -47,10 +44,14 @@ jobs:
           koData="./guest-agent/kodata"
           mkdir -p $koData
           cp ./constellation/3rdparty/gcp-guest-agent/instance_configs.cfg $koData
-          cd ${{ github.workspace }}/
-          ls -lah
+          cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/
           ln -s ./constellation/.github/ .github
 
+          echo ${{ github.workspace }}/constellation
+          ls -alh ${{ github.workspace }}/constellation
+          #echo $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/constellation
+          #ls -alh $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/constellation
+
       - name: Build and upload gcp guest service container image
         id: build-and-upload
         # assumes that we are currently in the root of the repo
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           name: gcp-guest-agent
           koTarget: ./guest-agent/google-guest-agent/
           githubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          constellationPath: ${{ github.workspace }}/constellation
           cosignPublicKey: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/v') && secrets.COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY || secrets.COSIGN_DEV_PUBLIC_KEY }}
           cosignPrivateKey: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/v') && secrets.COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY || secrets.COSIGN_DEV_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           cosignPassword: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/v') && secrets.COSIGN_PASSWORD || secrets.COSIGN_DEV_PASSWORD }}