diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-googleapis-sha.yml b/.github/workflows/update-googleapis-sha.yml
index eb18dccf2df61..11466b7a3a107 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-googleapis-sha.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-googleapis-sha.yml
@@ -38,13 +38,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "COMMIT=$(curl -fsSL -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.VERSION.sha' 'https://api.github.com/repos/${{ env.REPO }}/commits/${{ env.BRANCH}}')" >> $GITHUB_ENV 
       - name: Get SHA for google apis 
         run: |
-          DOWNLOADS=$(mktemp -d)
-          echo ${DOWNLOADS} 
-          curl -fsSL "https://github.com/${{ env.REPO }}/archive/${{ env.COMMIT }}.tar.gz" -o "${DOWNLOADS}" 
-          gsutil -q cp "${DOWNLOADS}" "gs://cloud-cpp-community-archive/com_google_googleapis/${{ env.COMMIT }}.tar.gz" 
-          echo 'SHA256=$(sha256sum "${DOWNLOADS}" | sed "s/ .*//")'  >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          rm -rf ${DOWNLOADS}
-      - name: Run the `renovate.sh` script
+          DOWNLOAD="$(mktemp)"
+          curl -fsSL "https://github.com/${{ env.REPO }}/archive/${{ env.COMMIT }}.tar.gz" -o "${DOWNLOAD}" 
+          gsutil -q cp "${DOWNLOAD}" "gs://cloud-cpp-community-archive/com_google_googleapis/${{ env.COMMIT }}.tar.gz" 
+          echo 'SHA256=$(sha256sum "${DOWNLOAD}" | sed "s/ .*//")'  >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          rm -rf ${DOWNLOAD}
         run: TERM=xterm ./external/googleapis/renovate.sh
         env:
           SHA256: ${{ vars.SHA256 }}