diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup-local-repos.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup-local-repos.yml
index 4626f1028bf..3723f4dda4c 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup-local-repos.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup-local-repos.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@
   args:
     chdir: "{{ repo_dir }}/shallow_branches"
 
+- name: SETUP-LOCAL-REPOS | get ref head for test_branch
+  shell: git checkout test_branch && git rev-parse HEAD
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ repo_dir }}/shallow_branches"
+  register: ref_head_id
+
+- name: SETUP-LOCAL-REPOS | store ref head for test_branch
+  set_fact:
+    test_branch_ref_head_id: "{{ ref_head_id.stdout }}"
+
 # Make this a bare one, we need to be able to push to it from clones
 # We make the repo here for consistency with the other repos,
 # but we finish setting it up in forcefully-fetch-tag.yml.
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/specific-revision.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/specific-revision.yml
index f1fe41d5626..ffb0a4ed51f 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/specific-revision.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/specific-revision.yml
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@
 # Same as the previous test, but this time we specify which ref
 # contains the SHA1
 - name: SPECIFIC-REVISION | update to revision by specifying the refspec
-  git:
-    repo: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples.git
+  git: &git_ref_spec
+    repo: "{{ repo_dir }}/shallow_branches/.git"
     dest: '{{ checkout_dir }}'
-    version: 5473e343e33255f2da0b160f53135c56921d875c
-    refspec: refs/pull/7/merge
+    version: "{{ test_branch_ref_head_id }}"
+    refspec: refs/heads/test_branch
 
 - name: SPECIFIC-REVISION | check HEAD after update with refspec
   command: git rev-parse HEAD
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 - assert:
     that:
-      - 'git_result.stdout == "5473e343e33255f2da0b160f53135c56921d875c"'
+      - 'git_result.stdout == test_branch_ref_head_id'
 
 # try out combination of refspec and depth
 - name: SPECIFIC-REVISION | clear checkout_dir
@@ -94,11 +94,8 @@
 
 - name: SPECIFIC-REVISION | update to revision by specifying the refspec with depth=1
   git:
-    repo: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples.git
-    dest: '{{ checkout_dir }}'
-    version: 5473e343e33255f2da0b160f53135c56921d875c
-    refspec: refs/pull/7/merge
     depth: 1
+    <<: *git_ref_spec
 
 - name: SPECIFIC-REVISION | check HEAD after update with refspec
   command: git rev-parse HEAD
@@ -108,7 +105,7 @@
 
 - assert:
     that:
-      - 'git_result.stdout == "5473e343e33255f2da0b160f53135c56921d875c"'
+      - 'git_result.stdout == test_branch_ref_head_id'
 
 - name: SPECIFIC-REVISION | try to access other commit
   shell: git checkout 0ce1096
@@ -130,11 +127,7 @@
     path: "{{ checkout_dir }}"
 
 - name: SPECIFIC-REVISION | clone to revision by specifying the refspec
-  git:
-    repo: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples.git
-    dest: "{{ checkout_dir }}"
-    version: 5473e343e33255f2da0b160f53135c56921d875c
-    refspec: refs/pull/7/merge
+  git: *git_ref_spec
 
 - name: SPECIFIC-REVISION | check HEAD after update with refspec
   command: git rev-parse HEAD
@@ -144,7 +137,7 @@
 
 - assert:
     that:
-      - 'git_result.stdout == "5473e343e33255f2da0b160f53135c56921d875c"'
+      - 'git_result.stdout == test_branch_ref_head_id'
 
 # Test that a forced shallow checkout referincing branch only always fetches latest head