diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test-empty.yaml b/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test-empty.yaml
index f986b8bc5d..815cd05850 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test-empty.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test-empty.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   checkbox-canary-test:
-    runs-on: [jammy]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, testflinger]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Submit job
-      uses: canonical/testflinger/.github/actions/submit@CERTTF-327-submit-action
+      uses: canonical/testflinger/.github/actions/submit@CERTTF-327-github-action-submit
       with:
         dry-run: true
         poll: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test-inline.yaml b/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test-inline.yaml
index b6867bace1..1bdbcdf367 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test-inline.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test-inline.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Submit a checkbox job to Testflinger
 on:
     push:
-        branches: []
+        branches: [test-action-fling-test]
     workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Submit job
-      uses: canonical/testflinger/.github/actions/submit@CERTTF-327-submit-action
+      uses: canonical/testflinger/.github/actions/submit@CERTTF-327-github-action-submit
       with:
-        dry-run: false
+        dry-run: true
         poll: false
         job: |
           job_queue : ${{ matrix.queue }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test.yaml
index 5ebf186e50..a535c05afc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkbox-canary-test.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Submit a checkbox job to Testflinger
 on:
     push:
-        branches: []
+        branches: [test-action-fling-test]
     workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ jobs:
         cat ${{ steps.create-job.outputs.job }}
 
     - name: Submit job
-      uses: canonical/testflinger/.github/actions/submit@CERTTF-327-submit-action
+      uses: canonical/testflinger/.github/actions/submit@CERTTF-327-github-action-submit
       with:
-        dry-run: false
+        dry-run: true
         poll: false
         job-path: ${{ steps.create-job.outputs.job }}