diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/.github/workflows/rhel-8.yml b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/.github/workflows/rhel-8.yml
index 4ec000ef28..a408fde914 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/.github/workflows/rhel-8.yml
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/.github/workflows/rhel-8.yml
@@ -25,19 +25,18 @@ jobs:
        image: colramos/target-images:rhel8
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install baseline OS dependencies
         run: |
+          # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/2033
+          chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) $PWD
           yum -y update
           yum -y install git
           yum -y install python39
           yum -y install cmake3
           yum -y install which
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install Python prereqs
-        run: |
-          # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/2033
-          chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) $PWD
           python3.9 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
           python3.9 -m pip install pyinstaller pytest pytest-cov mock
       - name: Configure and install