diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging.yaml b/.github/workflows/staging.yaml
index 32db3363..e592c433 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/staging.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            backend
 
       - name: Build backend
         id: build-backend