diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-contrib.yml b/.github/workflows/check-contrib.yml
index e1dfccd9..3a7cf0cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-contrib.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-contrib.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: | # Avoid checking out other files, we don't use them here.
+            contrib
+            .github/scripts
       - name: Install zsh
         run: |
           sudo apt install -Uyq zsh