diff --git a/.github/CHANGELOG.md b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
index 871b50c2d0..e694d46ee1 100644
--- a/.github/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
+* Fix regex matching issue with auto on-boarding of release candidate branch to using the large runner queue.
+  [(#774)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/774)
+
 * Fix random CI failures for `lightning.tensor` python unit tests and ignore `lightning_tensor` paths.
   [(#761)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/761)
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/determine-workflow-runner.yml b/.github/workflows/determine-workflow-runner.yml
index 4bb994275f..981c45f7d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/determine-workflow-runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/determine-workflow-runner.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ jobs:
           RC_BRANCH_FORMAT_REGEX: v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]?
           REPO_FULL_NAME: PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning
         run: |
-          if [[ '${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'urgent') }}' == 'true' || ('${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}' == "$REPO_FULL_NAME" && "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}" =~ "$RC_BRANCH_FORMAT_REGEX") ]]; then
+          if [[ '${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'urgent') }}' == 'true' || ('${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}' == "$REPO_FULL_NAME" && '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}' =~ $RC_BRANCH_FORMAT_REGEX) ]]; then
+            echo "This job requires usage of the large runner group '$LARGE_RUNNER_GROUP_NAME'";
             echo "runner_group=$LARGE_RUNNER_GROUP_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "This job does not require usage of large runners ...";
           fi
diff --git a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
index f288d1200e..8a46df66d0 100644
--- a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.37.0-dev45"
+__version__ = "0.37.0-dev46"