diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4c455e15a2e..6a6ef18c2bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ jobs:
           - { path: terraform, name: terraform }
 
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
         id: changes
         with:
@@ -134,10 +137,6 @@ jobs:
               - 'common/**'
               - 'terraform/**'
 
-      - name: Checkout code
-        if: steps.changes.outputs[matrix.suite.path] == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
       - name: Build dependabot-core image
         if: steps.changes.outputs[matrix.suite.path] == 'true'
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
index 78aad176fb2..271d0182fde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           - submodules
           - terraform
     steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
       id: changes
       with:
@@ -127,9 +128,6 @@ jobs:
             - 'common/**'
             - 'terraform/**'
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      if: steps.changes.outputs[matrix.suite] == 'true'
-
     - name: Download CLI and test
       if: steps.changes.outputs[matrix.suite] == 'true'
       run: |