diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-chaincli.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-chaincli.yml
index 5d9dcb2343f..803841b6ffb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-chaincli.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-chaincli.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@3a919529898de77ec3da873e3063ca4b10e7f5cc # v3.7.0
         with:
           version: v1.54.2
-          args: --out-format colored-line-number,checkstyle:golangci-lint-report.xml ./core/scripts/chaincli
+          working-directory: core/scripts/chaincli
+          args: --out-format colored-line-number,checkstyle:golangci-lint-report.xml
       - name: Store lint report artifact
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@3cea5372237819ed00197afe530f5a7ea3e805c8 # v3.1.0