diff --git a/.github/workflows/latest-deps.yml b/.github/workflows/latest-deps.yml
index d6ce86c59..7493ec047 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/latest-deps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/latest-deps.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
           mkdir lz4
           cd lz4
-          git init --bare
+          git init
           git remote add github 'https://github.com/lz4/lz4'
           git fetch github 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'
           version="$(git tag | sort -V -r | head -n1)"