diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_custom_cl.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_custom_cl.yml
index 9d5225ea3..4119714f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_custom_cl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_custom_cl.yml
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2 
       - name: Get core ref from PR body
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' 
         run: |
           comment="$(gh pr view https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --json body -q '.body')"
           # shellcheck disable=SC2086
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_testnet_daily.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_testnet_daily.yml
index 57b766df5..4378129ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_testnet_daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_testnet_daily.yml
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2 
       - name: Check if image exists
         id: check-image
         uses: smartcontractkit/chainlink-github-actions/docker/image-exists@e29366cdecfe6befff9ab8c3cfe4825218505d58 # v2.3.16
diff --git a/.github/workflows/soak.yml b/.github/workflows/soak.yml
index a55532f98..24d4a2561 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/soak.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/soak.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2 
       - name: Check if image exists
         id: check-image
         uses: smartcontractkit/chainlink-github-actions/docker/image-exists@e29366cdecfe6befff9ab8c3cfe4825218505d58 # v2.3.16