diff --git a/.github/workflows/license.yml b/.github/workflows/license.yml
index dfdf8409b5..57b59dd17c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tools: go
           cache-go: false
-      - run: make upstream
+      - run: make prepare_local_workspace
+        continue-on-error: true
       - uses: pulumi/license-check-action@main
         with:
           module-path: provider
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 7615d96cab..f74204e9a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ jobs:
       continue-on-error: true # this fails if there are no go:embed directives
       run: |
         git grep -l 'go:embed' -- provider | xargs sed -i 's/go:embed/ goembed/g'
-    - name: prepare upstream
+    - name: prepare workspace
       continue-on-error: true
-      run: make upstream
+      run: make prepare_local_workspace
     - name: golangci-lint
       uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@971e284b6050e8a5849b72094c50ab08da042db8 # v6
       with: