diff --git a/.github/workflows/arduino_packing_release.yml b/.github/workflows/arduino_packing_release.yml
index a73ad874c..baba03fab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/arduino_packing_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/arduino_packing_release.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout avrdude repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
+        repository: avrdudes/avrdude
+        path: ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}
 
     - name: replace system ranlib with darwin one
       # for some reason is not possible to override ranlib with env vars, so this is ugly but it's the only way I found