diff --git a/.github/workflows/start-localstack.yml b/.github/workflows/start-localstack.yml
index f7dc6bcb1f..cc10272263 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/start-localstack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/start-localstack.yml
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          repository: ${{ inputs.test_repo_name }}
-          ref: ${{ inputs.test_repo_branch }}
-
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
         with:
@@ -66,6 +61,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/workflows/add_ip_to_sg.yml
         with:
           port: ${{inputs.connection_port}}
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ inputs.test_repo_name }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.test_repo_branch }}
       - name: Echo Localstack Config
         run: echo repo name ${{inputs.test_repo_name}} repo branch ${{ inputs.test_repo_branch }} region ${{ inputs.region }}