diff --git a/.github/workflows/assign_milestone.yml b/.github/workflows/assign_milestone.yml
index daa70e8c6ca..3ae0a89b4a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/assign_milestone.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/assign_milestone.yml
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-
       - name: Assign Milestone
         run: |
           gh pr edit ${{ github.event.number }} --milestone "v$(sed -n 's/.*versionName.*\"\([[:digit:]\.]*\).*\"/\1/p' ./go/vt/servenv/version.go)"