diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
index 50b48c1..674c4d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Resolve governance comparison refs
+        id: governance-refs
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
+          EVENT_BEFORE: ${{ github.event.before }}
+          PR_BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          PR_HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ "${EVENT_NAME}" == "pull_request" ]]; then
+            base="${PR_BASE_SHA}"
+            head="${PR_HEAD_SHA}"
+          elif [[ "${EVENT_NAME}" == "push" && -n "${EVENT_BEFORE}" && ! "${EVENT_BEFORE}" =~ ^0+$ ]]; then
+            base="${EVENT_BEFORE}"
+            head="HEAD"
+          else
+            base="origin/dev"
+            head="HEAD"
+          fi
+          printf 'base=%s\nhead=%s\n' "${base}" "${head}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
       - name: Set up .NET
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@a98b56852c35b8e3190ac28c8c2271da59106c68 # v6.0.0
         with:
@@ -33,6 +55,9 @@ jobs:
           cache-dependency-path: infra/cdk/package-lock.json
 
       - name: Repository quality gate
+        env:
+          BASE_REF: ${{ steps.governance-refs.outputs.base }}
+          HEAD_REF: ${{ steps.governance-refs.outputs.head }}
         run: bash scripts/governance-check.sh
 
       - name: Validate CDK deployment infrastructure