diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 75d4fc981b..c4860465b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         #run: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: ./.github/workflows/timeout.yaml
+    - uses: ./.github/workflows/timeout.yml
       id: timeout
     - name: install uv and dependencies
       run: |
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uv pip install -e .[testing,docs] setuptools
     - run: uv run scons -j8
     - run: uv run pytest .
-    - uses: ./.github/workflows/timeout.yaml
+    - uses: ./.github/workflows/timeout.yml
       with: ${{ steps.timeout.outputs.start_time }}
 
   static-analysis: