diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-registry.yaml b/.github/workflows/sync-registry.yaml
index 503ac07a5..1a87e9563 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-registry.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-registry.yaml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: '>=1.22'
 
-      - run: go install github.com/regclient/regclient/cmd/regsync@latest
-
       - name: Sync registry.k8s.io to ghcr.io/canonical
         env:
           USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          regsync once --config ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.yaml
+          go install github.com/regclient/regclient/cmd/regsync@latest
+          cp ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.yaml .
+          regsync once -c ./sync-registry.yaml -v debug
diff --git a/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.sh b/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..38ab5504b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-scripts/hack/sync-registry.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+regsync once --config ./sync-registry.yaml