diff --git a/.github/workflows/submodule-pin-check.yml b/.github/workflows/submodule-pin-check.yml
index 60dd8ad827..a3cfc3b4f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/submodule-pin-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/submodule-pin-check.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ jobs:
           status_state="pending"
           declare -Ar exceptions=(
             [contracts]=origin/develop
+            [contracts]=origin/pre-bold
             [nitro-testnode]=origin/master
-            
+
             #TODO Rachel to check these are the intended branches.
             [arbitrator/langs/c]=origin/vm-storage-cache
             [arbitrator/tools/wasmer]=origin/adopt-v4.2.8
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
             if [[ -v exceptions[$mod] ]]; then
               branch=${exceptions[$mod]}
             fi
-            
+
             if ! git -C $mod merge-base --is-ancestor HEAD $branch; then
               echo $mod diverges from $branch
               divergent=1