diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 20b3483..fdabb83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ jobs:
           - "debian:latest"
     container: ${{ matrix.container }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
       - name: Run the prerequisites script
         run: |
           DIST="$(echo "${{ matrix.container }}" | cut -d':' -f1)"
           sh ./.github/scripts/${DIST}-prerequisites.sh
 
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
       # We've run into out-of-disk error when compiling Polkadot in the next step, so we free up some space this way.
       - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
         uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # 1.3.1