diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml b/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml
index 140c6455..93f7b452 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml	
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml	
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ jobs:
             
             -   name: checkout
                 uses: actions/checkout@main
-                sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
-                sparse-checkout: |
-                  .gitmodules
+                with:
+                    sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+                    sparse-checkout: |
+                      .gitmodules
             
             -   name: make exec list
                 run: |