diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index fa9c126..604363e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: stable
+          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
+          ssh-key: ${{ secrets.SALT_BOOTSTRAP_RELEASE_KEY }}
 
       - name: Get Salt Project GitHub Actions Bot Environment
         run: |
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e4b226..090531c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# v2023.11.16
+
+## What's Changed
+
+- checking out stable branch on update-s3-bucket job by @felippeb in https://github.com/saltstack/salt-bootstrap/pull/1977
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/saltstack/salt-bootstrap/compare/v2023.11.07...v2023.11.16
+
 # v2023.11.07
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 66d07dc..9a3b67d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ sum** of the downloaded ``bootstrap-salt.sh`` file.
 
 The SHA256 sum of the ``bootstrap-salt.sh`` file, per release, is:
 
+- 2023.11.07: ``91f8a3bfb8b14476f7793c7f20cec7bfc638c10c073786f9a8904a858a929784``
 - 2023.08.03: ``963e559bdb85adecfbbec2c3b81190392bc59b24992e4491e919cd748eeafcb8``
 - 2023.07.25: ``eaaaadaed40fe2e791d59a9e48f24449428a35ca61782d9139f1272c05524323``
 - 2023.06.28: ``f45f5da8abee27ef385131f5cfa9382d3a15863d0a05688a0404d2f057b27776``
diff --git a/bootstrap-salt.sh b/bootstrap-salt.sh
index f66aeea..ca9df58 100755
--- a/bootstrap-salt.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-salt.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #======================================================================================================================
 set -o nounset                              # Treat unset variables as an error
 
-__ScriptVersion="2023.11.07"
+__ScriptVersion="2023.11.16"
 __ScriptName="bootstrap-salt.sh"
 
 __ScriptFullName="$0"