diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test-custom-script.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test-custom-script.yml
index 730ff6d7e7..83b77e55e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test-custom-script.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test-custom-script.yml
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ jobs:
           sudo /etc/init.d/ssh stop ;
           mkdir -p ~/git-server/keys
           mkdir -p ~/git-server/repos
+          ted_tag="${{inputs.ted_tag}}"
           docker run --name test-event-driver -d -p 22:22 -p 5001:5001 -p 3306:3306 \
           -p 5432:5432 -p 28017:27017 -p 25:25 -p 5000:5000 -p 3001:3000 -p 6001:6001 -p 8001:8000 --privileged --pid=host --ipc=host --volume /:/host -v ~/git-server/keys:/git-server/keys \
-          -v ~/git-server/repos:/git-server/repos  appsmith/test-event-driver:${{inputs.ted_tag}}
+          -v ~/git-server/repos:/git-server/repos "appsmith/test-event-driver:${ted_tag:-latest}"
           docker run --name cloud-services -d -p 8000:80 -p 8090:8090 \
             --privileged --pid=host --ipc=host --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway\
             -e APPSMITH_CLOUD_SERVICES_MONGODB_URI=mongodb://host.docker.internal:27017 \