diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/release-binaries.yml
index 925912df6843e49b8dd36f5af4121f389273f152..f24e25879b96bd6b0cf512ec26c3d7693308bcfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-binaries.yml
@@ -420,6 +420,14 @@ jobs:
       attestations: write # For artifact attestations
 
     steps:
+    - name: Checkout Release Scripts
+      uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      with:
+        sparse-checkout: |
+          llvm/utils/release/github-upload-release.py
+          llvm/utils/git/requirements.txt
+        sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+
     - name: 'Download artifact'
       uses: actions/download-artifact@6b208ae046db98c579e8a3aa621ab581ff575935 # v4.1.1
       with:
@@ -442,14 +450,6 @@ jobs:
         name: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.release-binary-filename }}-attestation
         path: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.release-binary-filename }}.jsonl
 
-    - name: Checkout Release Scripts
-      uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-      with:
-        sparse-checkout: |
-          llvm/utils/release/github-upload-release.py
-          llvm/utils/git/requirements.txt
-        sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
-
     - name: Install Python Requirements
       run: |
         pip install --require-hashes -r ./llvm/utils/git/requirements.txt