diff --git a/act/common/git/git.go b/act/common/git/git.go
index 3d29b038..87939be3 100644
--- a/act/common/git/git.go
+++ b/act/common/git/git.go
@@ -238,6 +238,15 @@ type NewGitCloneExecutorInput struct {
 
 // CloneIfRequired ...
 func CloneIfRequired(ctx context.Context, refName plumbing.ReferenceName, input NewGitCloneExecutorInput, logger log.FieldLogger) (*git.Repository, error) {
+	// If the remote URL has changed, remove the directory and clone again.
+	if r, err := git.PlainOpen(input.Dir); err == nil {
+		if remote, err := r.Remote("origin"); err == nil {
+			if len(remote.Config().URLs) > 0 && remote.Config().URLs[0] != input.URL {
+				_ = os.RemoveAll(input.Dir)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	r, err := git.PlainOpen(input.Dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		var progressWriter io.Writer
diff --git a/act/common/git/git_test.go b/act/common/git/git_test.go
index 5d37c32b..7a08a97d 100644
--- a/act/common/git/git_test.go
+++ b/act/common/git/git_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/nektos/act/pkg/common"
 )
 
 func TestFindGitSlug(t *testing.T) {
@@ -258,3 +260,31 @@ func gitCmd(args ...string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func TestCloneIfRequired(t *testing.T) {
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	t.Run("clone", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo, err := CloneIfRequired(ctx, "refs/heads/main", NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
+			URL: "https://github.com/actions/checkout",
+			Dir: tempDir,
+		}, common.Logger(ctx))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, repo)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("clone different remote", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo, err := CloneIfRequired(ctx, "refs/heads/main", NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
+			URL: "https://github.com/actions/setup-go",
+			Dir: tempDir,
+		}, common.Logger(ctx))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotNil(t, repo)
+
+		remote, err := repo.Remote("origin")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, remote.Config().URLs, 1)
+		assert.Equal(t, "https://github.com/actions/setup-go", remote.Config().URLs[0])
+	})
+}