diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 3c348ba..a5ffdfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ jobs:
           # are always out of sync.
           #
           # [1] https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/1524
-          ruff_version=$(grep -E -A1 'astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit' \
-              .pre-commit-config.yaml | sed -nre "s/^\s+rev:.+'v([0-9\.]+)'/\1/p")
+          echo ">>>>>>> pwd: $(pwd)"
+          echo ">>>>>>> ls -l: $(ls -l)"
+          ruff_version=$(grep -E -A1 'astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit' .pre-commit-config.yaml | sed -nre "s/^\s+rev:.+'v([0-9\.]+)'/\1/p")
           [ -n "$ruff_version" ] || echo "error parsing ruff version"  && exit 1
           pip install "ruff==$ruff_version"