diff --git a/.github/workflows/_release.yml b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
index 4c41ea90f6c..83032ed6764 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ jobs:
       - test-pypi-publish
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       # We explicitly *don't* set up caching here. This ensures our tests are
       # maximally sensitive to catching breakage.
       #