diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-update.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-update.yml
index 0bada92e..c67f0b17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-update.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
           version: latest
           run_install: |
             args: [--no-frozen-lockfile, --strict-peer-dependencies]
-      - run: git checkout gh-pages ./data/
+      - run: mkdir ./data && git checkout gh-pages ./data/
       - id: shouldContinue
         run: pnpx tsx src/checkNeedsPublish.ts
       - run: echo $OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8a41fabf..ad42b04a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
           version: latest
           run_install: |
             args: [--no-frozen-lockfile, --strict-peer-dependencies]
-      - run: git checkout gh-pages ./data/
+      - run: mkdir ./data && git checkout gh-pages ./data/
       - name: Set publishing config
         run: pnpm config set '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken' "${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}"
         env: