diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/check_dependencies.yml
index 2e2b3a8fc74e..2c69b359b517 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_dependencies.yml
@@ -42,14 +42,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create virtual environment
         run: python3 -m venv .venv
-        working-directory: /tmp/unpack_reqs/repo_work
+        working-directory: /tmp/unpack_reqs/openedx/edx-platform
 
       - name: Upgrade pip
         run: |
           .venv/bin/python3 -m pip install -U pip
-        working-directory: |
-                      WORK_DIR="/tmp/unpack_reqs"
-                      $WORK_DIR/repo_work
+        working-directory: /tmp/unpack_reqs/openedx/edx-platform
 
       - name: Download packages
         run: |
@@ -57,9 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           .venv/bin/python3 -m pip download --dest files -r base.txt
           base_txt_path="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/files/base.txt"
           echo "Path of base.txt: ${base_txt_path}"
-        working-directory: |
-                      WORK_DIR="/tmp/unpack_reqs"
-                      $WORK_DIR/repo_work
+        working-directory: /tmp/unpack_reqs/openedx/edx-platform
 
       - name: Extract GitHub URLs from base.txt
         id: extract