diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-proof.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-proof.yml
index a615df6..f3cec79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-proof.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-proof.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ jobs:
   verify-proofs:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, aws_autoscaling]
     steps:
-      - name: Setup Node.js environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3.6.0
-      - name: Install node dependencies
-        run: npm install
       - name: Clean up after previous checkout
         run: chmod +w -R ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}; rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/*;
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -22,6 +18,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: 'NilFoundation/evm-placeholder-verification'
           ref: ${{ inputs.evm-placeholder-verification-ref }}
+      - name: Setup Node.js environment
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3.6.0
+      - name: Install node dependencies
+        run: npm install
       - name: Download artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with: