diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index bbe6917b836..a56575b60a1 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ func newRunCommand(ctx context.Context, input *Input) func(*cobra.Command, []str
 func defaultImageSurvey(actrc string) error {
 	var answer string
 	confirmation := &survey.Select{
-		Message: "Please choose the default image you want to use with act:\n  - Large size image: ca. 17GB download + 53.1GB storage, you will need 75GB of free disk space, snapshots of GitHub Hosted Runners without snap and pulled docker images\n  - Medium size image: ~500MB, includes only necessary tools to bootstrap actions and aims to be compatible with most actions\n  - Micro size image: <200MB, contains only NodeJS required to bootstrap actions, doesn't work with all actions\n\nDefault image and other options can be changed manually in " +  configLocations()[0] + " (please refer to https://github.com/nektos/act#configuration for additional information about file structure)",
+		Message: "Please choose the default image you want to use with act:\n  - Large size image: ca. 17GB download + 53.1GB storage, you will need 75GB of free disk space, snapshots of GitHub Hosted Runners without snap and pulled docker images\n  - Medium size image: ~500MB, includes only necessary tools to bootstrap actions and aims to be compatible with most actions\n  - Micro size image: <200MB, contains only NodeJS required to bootstrap actions, doesn't work with all actions\n\nDefault image and other options can be changed manually in " + configLocations()[0] + " (please refer to https://github.com/nektos/act#configuration for additional information about file structure)",
 		Help:    "If you want to know why act asks you that, please go to https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/107",
 		Default: "Medium",
 		Options: []string{"Large", "Medium", "Micro"},
diff --git a/pkg/container/host_environment.go b/pkg/container/host_environment.go
index 0103ebdb2f0..d4a9869d070 100644
--- a/pkg/container/host_environment.go
+++ b/pkg/container/host_environment.go
@@ -435,9 +435,9 @@ func goArchToActionArch(arch string) string {
 
 func goOsToActionOs(os string) string {
 	osMapper := map[string]string{
-		"linux": "Linux",
+		"linux":   "Linux",
 		"windows": "Windows",
-		"darwin": "macOS",
+		"darwin":  "macOS",
 	}
 	if os, ok := osMapper[os]; ok {
 		return os
diff --git a/pkg/model/workflow.go b/pkg/model/workflow.go
index 57e8f57dc61..d67ce414c13 100644
--- a/pkg/model/workflow.go
+++ b/pkg/model/workflow.go
@@ -566,12 +566,12 @@ type ContainerSpec struct {
 
 // Step is the structure of one step in a job
 type Step struct {
-	ID                 string            `yaml:"id"`
-	If                 yaml.Node         `yaml:"if"`
-	Name               string            `yaml:"name"`
-	Uses               string            `yaml:"uses"`
-	Run                string            `yaml:"run"`
-	WorkingDirectory   string            `yaml:"working-directory"`
+	ID               string    `yaml:"id"`
+	If               yaml.Node `yaml:"if"`
+	Name             string    `yaml:"name"`
+	Uses             string    `yaml:"uses"`
+	Run              string    `yaml:"run"`
+	WorkingDirectory string    `yaml:"working-directory"`
 	// WorkflowShell is the shell really configured in the job, directly at step level or higher in defaults.run.shell
 	WorkflowShell      string            `yaml:"-"`
 	Shell              string            `yaml:"shell"`
diff --git a/pkg/model/workflow_test.go b/pkg/model/workflow_test.go
index 92de8ca33fe..4ee37109904 100644
--- a/pkg/model/workflow_test.go
+++ b/pkg/model/workflow_test.go
@@ -396,9 +396,9 @@ func TestReadWorkflow_Strategy(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestStep_ShellCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		shell string
+		shell         string
 		workflowShell string
-		want  string
+		want          string
 	}{
 		{"pwsh -v '. {0}'", "", "pwsh -v '. {0}'"},
 		{"pwsh", "", "pwsh -command . '{0}'"},
diff --git a/pkg/runner/expression.go b/pkg/runner/expression.go
index 90643d09119..b970d62c041 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/expression.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/expression.go
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func getEvaluatorInputs(ctx context.Context, rc *RunContext, step step, ghc *mod
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ghc.EventName == "workflow_dispatch" {
+	if rc.caller == nil && ghc.EventName == "workflow_dispatch" {
 		config := rc.Run.Workflow.WorkflowDispatchConfig()
 		if config != nil && config.Inputs != nil {
 			for k, v := range config.Inputs {
diff --git a/pkg/runner/runner_test.go b/pkg/runner/runner_test.go
index 82defd77661..8f49302d485 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/runner_test.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/runner_test.go
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ func TestRunEvent(t *testing.T) {
 		{workdir, "workflow_dispatch_no_inputs_mapping", "workflow_dispatch", "", platforms, secrets},
 		{workdir, "workflow_dispatch-scalar", "workflow_dispatch", "", platforms, secrets},
 		{workdir, "workflow_dispatch-scalar-composite-action", "workflow_dispatch", "", platforms, secrets},
+		{workdir, "uses-workflow-defaults", "workflow_dispatch", "", platforms, secrets},
 		{workdir, "job-needs-context-contains-result", "push", "", platforms, secrets},
 		{"../model/testdata", "strategy", "push", "", platforms, secrets}, // TODO: move all testdata into pkg so we can validate it with planner and runner
 		{"../model/testdata", "container-volumes", "push", "", platforms, secrets},
diff --git a/pkg/runner/testdata/.github/workflows/local-reusable-and-dispatch.yml b/pkg/runner/testdata/.github/workflows/local-reusable-and-dispatch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b9e890bd7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/runner/testdata/.github/workflows/local-reusable-and-dispatch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: reuse
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      my-val:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+        default: "default_value_reuse_workflow_dispatch_call"
+      dispatch-val:
+        type: string
+        default: "I am a dispatch var for checking if I am being used in workflow_call"
+
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      my-val:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+        default: "default_value_reuse_workflow_call"
+
+jobs:
+  reusable_workflow_job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run a one-line script
+        run: echo "✅ 🚀 ✅ hello this is from workflow reuse. Value - " ${{ inputs.my-val }} ${{ github.event_name }} ${{ inputs.dispatch-val }}
+      - name: Assert
+        run: |
+          exit ${{ ( inputs.my-val == 'default_value_reuse_workflow_call' || inputs.my-val == 'passed value from main' ) && !inputs.dispatch-val && '0' || '1' }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/runner/testdata/uses-workflow-defaults/workflow_dispatch.yml b/pkg/runner/testdata/uses-workflow-defaults/workflow_dispatch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e87d9cbd08b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/runner/testdata/uses-workflow-defaults/workflow_dispatch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run a one-line script
+        run: echo "✅ 🚀 ✅ hello this is from workflow main" ${{ github.event_name }}  
+  call-reuse-w-val:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/local-reusable-and-dispatch.yml
+    with:
+      my-val: "passed value from main"