diff --git a/.github/workflows/external-plugin-pr-quality-gates.yml b/.github/workflows/external-plugin-pr-quality-gates.yml
index 0fcb1074..8a7d3ac4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/external-plugin-pr-quality-gates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/external-plugin-pr-quality-gates.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
+    steps:
       - name: Checkout staged branch
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
         with: