diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8020b6d3e12..fca6f4dc83d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [finalize-release]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       # Lerna does not automatically bump versions
       # of Ionic dependencies that have changed,
       # so we do that here.