diff --git a/.ado/templates/npm-publish-steps.yml b/.ado/templates/npm-publish-steps.yml
index 4f0340c710eef7..5b3f62e192c5c6 100644
--- a/.ado/templates/npm-publish-steps.yml
+++ b/.ado/templates/npm-publish-steps.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ steps:
   - script: |
       set -eox pipefail
       echo Target branch: $(System.PullRequest.TargetBranch)
+      git checkout -b test
       yarn nx release plan --message 'Dry run test' --only-touched=false patch
       yarn nx release --skip-publish --verbose
       yarn nx release publish --excludeTaskDependencies