diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-master.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-master.yml
index 9cad6c81..d3f36753 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-master.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ jobs:
     needs: [lint-checks, default-checks]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: checkout repo from current commit
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.18'
+          check-latest: true
+          cache: true
       - name: set build tag
         run: echo "BUILD_TAG=$(date +%s)-$(git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c 1-8)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: build rocksdb dependency