diff --git a/tools/github_workflows/run-publisher-with-env.yaml b/tools/github_workflows/run-publisher-with-env.yaml
index c884885c..c6c2423f 100644
--- a/tools/github_workflows/run-publisher-with-env.yaml
+++ b/tools/github_workflows/run-publisher-with-env.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: ${{ inputs.API_MANAGEMENT_ENVIRONMENT }}
     steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+    
       # Run Spectral
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
@@ -33,11 +38,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm install -g @stoplight/spectral
       - run: spectral lint "${{ GITHUB.WORKSPACE }}/${{ inputs.API_MANAGEMENT_SERVICE_OUTPUT_FOLDER_PATH }}\apis\*.{json,yml,yaml}" --ruleset https://raw.githubusercontent.com/connectedcircuits/devops-api-linter/main/rules.yaml
 
-      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 2
-
       # Add this step for each APIM environment and pass specific set of secrets that you want replaced in the env section below
       - name: "Perform namevalue secret substitution in configuration.${{ inputs.API_MANAGEMENT_ENVIRONMENT}}.yaml"
         if: (inputs.API_MANAGEMENT_ENVIRONMENT == 'prod' )