diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 02c4d31..2b86f31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ jobs:
         name: docs
         path: docs
     - name: Clone gh-pages
-      run: git clone --branch gh-pages `git config --get remote.origin.url` gh-pages/
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        path: gh-pages
+        ref: gh-pages
     - name: Rsync docs
       run: rsync -rtv --del --exclude=.git docs/ gh-pages/
     - name: Touch .nojekyll