diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-preview-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-preview-deploy.yml
index 76c5caef..efabe2d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-preview-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-preview-deploy.yml
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ jobs:
             core.setOutput('number', String(request.number));
             core.setOutput('operation', operation);
 
+      - name: Checkout deployment tooling context
+        if: steps.request.outputs.operation != 'none'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
       - name: Download preview site
         if: steps.request.outputs.operation == 'deploy'
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
@@ -166,12 +172,6 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.request.outputs.operation == 'remove'
         run: mkdir preview-site
 
-      - name: Checkout deployment tooling context
-        if: steps.request.outputs.operation != 'none'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
       - name: Update composite Pages branch
         if: steps.request.outputs.operation != 'none'
         uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@4a3abc783e1a24aeb44c16e869ad83caf6b4cc23 # v4.7.4