diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkmake.yaml b/.github/workflows/checkmake.yaml
index eecca76..11db7f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkmake.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkmake.yaml
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-      - name: install shellcheck
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y wget
-          wget https://github.com/mrtazz/checkmake/releases/download/0.2.2/checkmake-0.2.2.linux.amd64
-          sudo install ./checkmake-0.2.2.linux.amd64  /usr/local/bin/checkmake
+    # checkmake uses go run, so this needs go installed
+          - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+      with:
+        go-version: 'stable'
+      id: go
       - name: Run CheckMake
         run: make checkmake