diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index dd2c5498d8..ea2c88f941 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
           sparse-checkout: |
             .busted
-            spec
+            spec/*
       - if: ${{ steps.cache-builds.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         name: Generate builds in reference to dev branch
         run: BUILDCACHEPREFIX='${{ github.workspace }}/spec/Cache' busted --lua=luajit -r generate