diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yaml b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yaml
index aadd41216c..b467c56d44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run clang-tidy
         run: |
+          cmake --build build --target opentelemetry_proto
           jq -r .[].file build/compile_commands.json | grep -vE '/(generated|third_party)/' | xargs -P $(nproc) -n 1 clang-tidy --quiet -p build 2>&1 | tee -a clang-tidy.log
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4