diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 0f1bc9b8a..6d5fac6b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0 # fetch-depth is needed for GitVersion
 
+    - name: Setup .NET Core
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      with:
+        dotnet-version: 8.x
+        dotnet-quality: 'ga'
+
     - name: Install GitVersion
       uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/setup@v3.1.11
       with:
@@ -30,12 +36,6 @@ jobs:
         updateAssemblyInfo: true
       id: gitversion # step id used as reference for output values
 
-    - name: Setup dotnet
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
-      with:
-        dotnet-version: 8.0
-        dotnet-quality: 'ga'
-        
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: dotnet restore