diff --git a/.github/workflows/r.yml b/.github/workflows/r.yml
index 33a45a21..a8ac3da7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/r.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/r.yml
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-r-${{ matrix.r-version }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-r-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up R ${{ matrix.r-version }}
-        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
-        with:
-          r-version: ${{ matrix.r-version }}
       - name: Install system dependencies
 		run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev librsvg2-dev
+      - name: Set up R ${{ matrix.r-version }}
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.r-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           install.packages(c("remotes", "rcmdcheck", "covr", "OpenMx", "mvtnorm", "DiagrammeRsvg", "rsvg"))