diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
index 2ed28dac95..3e1ddf7628 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout submodule vendor/postgres-${{ matrix.postgres-version }}
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          filter: vendor/postgres-${{ matrix.postgres-version }} 
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            vendor/postgres-${{ matrix.postgres-version }}
           submodules: true
 
       - name: Install build dependencies