diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-scanning-pack-gen.yml b/.github/workflows/code-scanning-pack-gen.yml
index ec665a95d..1fd57cf75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-scanning-pack-gen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-scanning-pack-gen.yml
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           PATH=$PATH:$CODEQL_HOME/codeql
 
-          codeql query compile --threads 0 cpp
-          codeql query compile --threads 0 c
+          codeql query compile --precompile --threads 0 cpp
+          codeql query compile --precompile --threads 0 c
 
           cd ..
           zip -r codeql-coding-standards/code-scanning-cpp-query-pack.zip codeql-coding-standards/c/ codeql-coding-standards/cpp/ codeql-coding-standards/.codeqlmanifest.json codeql-coding-standards/supported_codeql_configs.json codeql-coding-standards/scripts/configuration codeql-coding-standards/scripts/reports codeql-coding-standards/scripts/shared codeql-coding-standards/scripts/guideline_recategorization codeql-coding-standards/scripts/shared codeql-coding-standards/scripts/schemas