diff --git a/.github/workflows/mergify-copy-labels.yaml b/.github/workflows/mergify-copy-labels.yaml
index 4285123d2..3e3cd78cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mergify-copy-labels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mergify-copy-labels.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ jobs:
   mergify-merge-queue-labels-copier:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout the repository to get the local action
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
       - name: Copying labels
         # FIXME: using local instead of Mergifyio/gha-mergify-merge-queue-labels-copier@main
         uses: ./actions/gha-mergify-merge-queue-labels-copier/