diff --git a/.github/workflows/fedora-38-R4.4.yaml b/.github/workflows/fedora-38-R4.4.yaml
index 0daa0dc6..7f9e4bd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fedora-38-R4.4.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fedora-38-R4.4.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: ghcr.io/r-hub/containers/gcc13:latest
     steps:
+    - name: Check Distro and R version
+      run: |
+        readRenviron("/etc/os-release")
+        if (Sys.getenv("ID") != "fedora") stop("Not Fedora")
+        if (Sys.getenv("VERSION_ID") != "38") stop("Not Fedora 38")
+        if (getRversion() < "4.4.0" || getRversion() >= "4.5.0") {
+          stop("Not R 4.4.x")
+        }
+      shell: Rscript {0}
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: r-hub/repos/actions/update-repo@main
       with: