diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-container.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-container.yml
index 17897c2..49869bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-container.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
 
     steps:
-      - name: ⤵️ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.0.0
 
       - name: ❔ Check Container files changed
         id: file_change
@@ -59,6 +57,10 @@ jobs:
       #   env:
       #     GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: ⤵️ Checkout repository
+        if: ${{ steps.file_change.outputs.container_folder == 'true' }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.0.0
+
       - name: 🏗 Extract Docker metadata
         id: meta
         if: ${{ steps.file_change.outputs.container_folder == 'true' }}