diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-local-k8s/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-local-k8s/action.yml
index 530cc6d..5af35d7 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-local-k8s/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-local-k8s/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Setup local-k8s
-description: Checkout, install Python, and install the local-k8s CLI (from zepben/ci-utils) with its tools on PATH.
+description: Install Python and the local-k8s CLI (from zepben/ci-utils) with its tools on PATH.
 
 inputs:
   ci_utils_ref:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-charts-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/helm-charts-pr.yml
index 05294d8..d9cd4ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-charts-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-charts-pr.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         chart: ${{ fromJson(needs.list-changed.outputs.charts) }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
       - name: Setup local-k8s
         uses: zepben/.github/.github/actions/setup-local-k8s@main
         with:
@@ -92,6 +95,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         chart: ${{ fromJson(needs.list-changed.outputs.charts) }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
       - name: Setup local-k8s
         uses: zepben/.github/.github/actions/setup-local-k8s@main
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-charts-release.yml b/.github/workflows/helm-charts-release.yml
index 3740af8..1c9863b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-charts-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-charts-release.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       charts: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.charts }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
       - name: Setup local-k8s
         # Relative ./.github/actions resolves to the *caller* workspace (e.g. deployments),
         # not this reusable-workflow repo so must use an absolute org/repo@ref.
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         chart: ${{ fromJson(needs.list-changed.outputs.charts) }}
     env:
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${secret.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN}
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: