diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index afb6a887..0a28bc8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -90,9 +90,13 @@ jobs:
           - 3306:3306
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.repository }}"
+        run: |
+          git init
+          git remote add origin https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+          git fetch --depth 1 origin ${GITHUB_SHA}
+          git checkout FETCH_HEAD
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
 
       #
       # setup
@@ -317,9 +321,13 @@ jobs:
         PATH: "/opt/python/cp311-cp311/bin:/opt/rh/devtoolset-10/root/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/github/home/.cargo/bin:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.repository }}"
+        run: |
+          git init
+          git remote add origin https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+          git fetch --depth 1 origin ${GITHUB_SHA}
+          git checkout FETCH_HEAD
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
 
       #
       # setup
@@ -604,7 +612,13 @@ jobs:
           command -v kart
           kart --version
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.repository }}"
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          git init
+          git remote add origin https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+          git fetch --depth 1 origin ${GITHUB_SHA}
+          git checkout FETCH_HEAD
 
       - name: e2e test (no helper)
         env:
@@ -643,9 +657,13 @@ jobs:
       PY_VER_ID: "cp311-cp311"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.repository }}"
+        run: |
+          git init
+          git remote add origin https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+          git fetch --depth 1 origin ${GITHUB_SHA}
+          git checkout FETCH_HEAD
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
 
       #
       # setup
@@ -780,9 +798,13 @@ jobs:
       PY_VER_INSTALLER: "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.6/python-3.11.6-macos11.pkg"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.repository }}"
+        run: |
+          git init
+          git remote add origin https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+          git fetch --depth 1 origin ${GITHUB_SHA}
+          git checkout FETCH_HEAD
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
 
       #
       # setup
@@ -1038,9 +1060,13 @@ jobs:
       )
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.repository }}"
+        run: |
+          git init
+          git remote add origin https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+          git fetch --depth 1 origin ${GITHUB_SHA}
+          git checkout FETCH_HEAD
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
 
       # Setup