diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2f7a4f7..0190653 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -34,18 +34,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Use Node 20
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20'
-          cache: 'pnpm'   # cache only; does NOT install pnpm
-
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
         with:
           version: 10.15.0
           run_install: false
 
+      - name: Use Node 20
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+          cache: 'pnpm'   # cache only; does NOT install pnpm
+
       - name: Install Postgres client
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-client