diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index d3861e89..fc0926d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -15,51 +15,64 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 20
 
-      - name: "install Dependencies"
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: | 
           sudo apt-get update -qq
           sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
           npm install -g pkp-plugin-cli
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: Install  for push
+      - name: "Clone pkp/plugin-gallery"
+        run: |
+          cd ~
+          git clone https://github.com/pkp/plugin-gallery --depth 50
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Clone user plugin-gallery for push
         if: ${{  github.event_name  == 'push'}}
         run: |
-          git clone -b ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }} https://github.com/${{ github.repository}} ~/${{ github.event.repository.name }}  --depth 5
+          cd ~/${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name || github.event.repository.name  }}
+          git remote add user_repo  https://github.com/${{ github.repository}}
+          git fetch user_repo ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+          git checkout -b user_repo/${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: Install for pull_request
+      - name: lone user plugin-gallery for pull request
         if: ${{github.event_name  == 'pull_request'}}
         run: |
-          git clone -b ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref}} ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.html_url}} ~/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name }} --depth 5
+          cd ~/${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name || github.event.repository.name  }}
+          git remote add user_repo   ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.html_url}} 
+          git fetch user_repo  ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
+          git checkout  user_repo/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: "Run plugin validation"
+      - name: Validate  against plugins.xd schema
         run: |
           cd ~/${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name || github.event.repository.name  }}
           xmllint --schema ./plugins.xsd ./plugins.xml --noout
         shell: bash
 
-      - name:  For push
+      - name:  Validate  all releases
         if: ${{  github.event_name  == 'push'    && github.head_ref == 'main'}}
         run: |
           cd ~/${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name || github.event.repository.name  }}
           pkp-plugin validate-all-releases --input ./plugins.xml
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: For pull request
+      - name: Validate new release
         if: ${{  github.event_name  == 'pull_request'}}
         run: |
           cd ~/${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name || github.event.repository.name  }}
-          pwd
+          git remote -v
+          git branch
           pkp-plugin validate-new-release
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: For push
+      - name:  Generate site
         if: ${{  github.event_name  == 'push'    && github.head_ref == 'main'}}
         run: |
           cd ~/${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name || github.event.repository.name  }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN=${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}} pkp-plugin generate-site ./plugins.xml
-        shell: bash
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+        shell: bash