diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 83191bd1df4..788a09cffac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ jobs:
   ready-to-merge-gate:
     name: Ready-to-merge gate
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
-    with:
-      is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-      labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
 
   files-changed:
     name: Detect File Changes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
index 402593eb85f..8d5227c82ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 name: Ready to Merge Workflow
 on:
   workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      labels:
-        description: The GitHub event's labels
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      is-pr:
-        description: Whether the workflow is running on a PR
-        required: true
-        type: boolean
 
 jobs:
   ready-to-merge-gate:
@@ -17,25 +8,37 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check for exact 'ready-to-merge' label
-        if: ${{ inputs.is-pr }}
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
         id: check-label
-        run: |
-          # Use jq to check for exact label match (avoids substring matching issues with contains())
-          if echo '${{ inputs.labels }}' | jq -e '.[] | select(.name == "ready-to-merge")' > /dev/null; then
-            echo "label_found=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "label_found=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const expectedLabel = 'ready-to-merge';
+
+            // Fetch labels from GitHub API
+            // GitHub Actions may not contain the labels in the event, so we need to fetch them from the API.
+            const { data: labels } = await github.rest.issues.listLabelsOnIssue({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: context.issue.number
+            });
+
+            const labelNames = labels.map(label => label.name);
+            console.log(`Found labels: ${labelNames.join(', ')}`);
+
+            // Check for exact 'ready-to-merge' label match
+            const labelFound = labelNames.includes(expectedLabel);
+            core.setOutput('label_found', labelFound.toString());
       # Since Github also accepts `skipped` results for Required Workflows, we need
       # to fail the job to ensure that the downstream jobs don't just skip.
       - name: Fail until the 'ready-to-merge' label is present
-        if: ${{ inputs.is-pr && steps.check-label.outputs.label_found == 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && steps.check-label.outputs.label_found == 'false' }}
         run: |
           echo "Add the 'ready-to-merge' label to run CI."
           exit 1
       - name: Gate passed
-        if: ${{ inputs.is-pr && steps.check-label.outputs.label_found == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && steps.check-label.outputs.label_found == 'true' }}
         run: echo "Label present. Proceeding with CI."
       - name: Gate passed
-        if: ${{ !inputs.is-pr }}
+        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
         run: echo "Not a PR. Proceeding with CI."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0cee5875a6a..a49971f5048 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ jobs:
   ready-to-merge-gate:
     name: Ready-to-merge gate
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
-    with:
-      is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-      labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
 
   files-changed:
     name: Detect File Changes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a4bd63eea9d..caf83832e93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ jobs:
   ready-to-merge-gate:
     name: Ready-to-merge gate
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
-    with:
-      is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-      labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
 
   # This job detects if the PR contains changes that require running unit tests.
   # If yes, the job will output a flag that will be used by the next job to run the unit tests.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml
index 4a55157f271..e5ec4357b25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ jobs:
   ready-to-merge-gate:
     name: Ready-to-merge gate
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
-    with:
-      is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-      labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
 
   files-changed:
     name: Detect File Changes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
index e2fdced3c29..db2bc424ee6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ jobs:
   ready-to-merge-gate:
     name: Ready-to-merge gate
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
-    with:
-      is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-      labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
 
   files-changed:
     name: Detect File Changes
diff --git a/develop-docs/CI.md b/develop-docs/CI.md
index 09ee96b7c8e..7e89b81163c 100644
--- a/develop-docs/CI.md
+++ b/develop-docs/CI.md
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ Add this job at the start the workflow and then add `need: ready-to-merge-gate`
 ready-to-merge-gate:
   name: Ready-to-merge gate
   uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
-  with:
-    is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-    labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
 ```
 
 This job will: