diff --git a/.github/workflows/compress-cookbooks.yml b/.github/workflows/compress-cookbooks.yml
index 6d67051a..68c105cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compress-cookbooks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compress-cookbooks.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Compress Cookbooks
-        run: tar -czvf cookbooks.tar.gz .
+        run: |
+          cd ..
+          tar -czvf cookbooks.tar.gz -C ${{ github.workspace }} .
+          cp cookbooks.tar.gz ${{ github.workspace }}
       - name: Commit and push
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions