diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmd-action.yml b/.github/workflows/cmd-action.yml
index bfb4e58b2f9e..c713a6836424 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmd-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmd-action.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Bot
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: hub pr checkout ${{ github.event.issue.number || github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
       - uses: paritytech/cmd-action@parse-comment
         id: cmd
         with: