diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-uds-core.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-uds-core.yaml
index ac41598b..074bcede 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-uds-core.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-uds-core.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           chmod +x build/uds
 
+      - name: Setup K3d
+        uses: ./.github/actions/k3d
+
       - name: Deploy UDS Core bundle
         # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=defenseunicorns/uds-core versioning=semver
         run: build/uds deploy ghcr.io/defenseunicorns/packages/uds/bundles/k3d-core-istio-dev:0.13.1 --confirm --no-progress