diff --git a/.github/workflows/qc_checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/qc_checks.yaml
index dbc78523a1..5c499d1b3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qc_checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qc_checks.yaml
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ jobs:
           pip-dependency: psycopg2
       - name: Set up test data
         run: |
-          invoke dev.setup-test -iv
+          invoke dev.setup-test -iv -b generic-parameters
           invoke int.rebuild-thumbnails
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 7dbc5ca68a..722e18cf86 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ def test(
         'dev': 'Set up development environment at the end',
         'validate_files': 'Validate media files are correctly copied',
         'use_ssh': 'Use SSH protocol for cloning the demo dataset (requires SSH key)',
+        'branch': 'Specify branch of demo-dataset to clone (default = main)',
     }
 )
 def setup_test(
@@ -1364,6 +1365,7 @@ def setup_test(
     validate_files=False,
     use_ssh=False,
     path='inventree-demo-dataset',
+    branch='main',
 ):
     """Setup a testing environment."""
     from src.backend.InvenTree.InvenTree.config import (  # type: ignore[import]
@@ -1388,7 +1390,7 @@ def setup_test(
 
     # Get test data
     info('Cloning demo dataset ...')
-    run(c, f'git clone {URL} {template_dir} -v --depth=1')
+    run(c, f'git clone {URL} {template_dir} -b {branch} -v --depth=1')
 
     # Make sure migrations are done - might have just deleted sqlite database
     if not ignore_update: