diff --git a/.github/workflows/cspell.yml b/.github/workflows/cspell.yml
index c81c97a..9a4ba3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cspell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cspell.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      # needed to use yarn v4
+      - name: Enable corepack
+        run: corepack enable
+
       - name: Set up Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with: