diff --git a/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-code_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-code_coverage.yml
index 2c76882126..6a02edcbfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-code_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-code_coverage.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
+        sparse-checkout: projects/rocprofiler-sdk
         submodules: true
+        set-safe-directory: true
 
     - name: Load Existing XML Code Coverage
       if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'