diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index 99bebd4a..82bb7c87 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Setup pnpm
       uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d2b9fd04..4bf4dacb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       artifact-id: ${{ steps.artifacts-upload-step.outputs.artifact-id }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # need to checkout before using it...
       - name: Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup # must use directory, and action.yml must be there
       - name: Build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index aa7468d0..bca5ee2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index f38df1a6..9b9c525d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 60eb8dd7..b4e8f538 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Component tests
 
-on: 
+on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       artifact-id:
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[all skip]') && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[test skip]') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
         with: