diff --git a/.github/workflows/filter.yml b/.github/workflows/filter.yml
index 96959ca81..751e47080 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/filter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/filter.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Find Updated Packages and crates
         id: filter
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ jobs:
           CRATE_DIRS=""
           PACKAGE_DIRS=""
 
+          echo "The head ref is ${{ github.head_ref }}"
+          echo "The last five commits messages are $(git log -5 --pretty=%B)"
+          echo "name of current branch is ${{ github.ref }}"
+
           # echo the base ref
           base_ref=${{ github.base_ref }}
           if [ -z "$base_ref" ]
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           # Get the comparison point in the repo
           comparison_point="origin/${base_ref}"
           echo "The comparison point is $comparison_point"
+          echo "The changed files are $(git diff --name-only ${comparison_point}...)"
 
           for changed_file in $(git diff --name-only ${comparison_point}...)
           do
@@ -64,13 +69,14 @@ jobs:
               continue
             fi
 
-            # Check if the changed file is a Cargo.toml or pyproject.toml file
-            if [ "${file_name}" == *"Cargo.toml"* ] | [ "${file_name}" == *"pyproject.toml"* ]
+            # Check if the changed file is a Cargo.toml
+            if [ "${file_name}" == *"Cargo.toml"* ]
             then
+              echo "Found a crate in $pkg_dir"
 
               # Check that the version is a dev version
               echo "Checking for dev version in $pkg_dir"
-              if [ $(cat $pkg_dir/VERSION) != *"dev"* ]
+              if [ ! -f $pkg_dir/VERSION ] && [ $(cat $pkg_dir/VERSION) != *"dev"* ]
               then
                 msg="${pkg_dir} does not have a dev version"
                 if [ ${{ inputs.ignore-missing-dev }} ]
@@ -82,10 +88,33 @@ jobs:
               fi
 
               # If the package directory string contains the substring "crates", add it to the CRATE_DIRS string
-              if [ "$pkg_dir" =~ "crates"* ]
+              if [ "$pkg_dir" == *"crates"* ]
               then
                 CRATE_DIRS="$CRATE_DIRS ${pkg_dir}"
-              else
+              fi
+            fi
+
+            # Check if the changed file is a pyproject.toml
+            if [ "${file_name}" == *"pyproject.toml"* ]
+            then
+              echo "Found a package in $pkg_dir"
+
+              # Check that the version is a dev version
+              echo "Checking for dev version in $pkg_dir"
+              if [ $(cat $pkg_dir/VERSION) != *"dev"* ]
+              then
+                msg="${pkg_dir} does not have a dev version"
+                if [ ${{ inputs.ignore-missing-dev }} ]
+                then
+                  echo "::warning::${msg}"
+                else
+                  echo "::error::${msg}" && exit 1
+                fi
+              fi
+
+              # If the package directory string contains the substring "python", add it to the PACKAGE_DIRS string
+              if [ "$pkg_dir" == *"python"* ]
+              then
                 PACKAGE_DIRS="$PACKAGE_DIRS ${pkg_dir}"
               fi
             fi