diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-compileonly.yaml b/.github/workflows/linux-compileonly.yaml
index e0faaa0f..4edf1063 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-compileonly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-compileonly.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       # inside the container, GITHUB_WORKSPACE is something like /__w/... which is not the same as ${{github.workspace}}
       - name: Move repository code to expected location
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           shopt -s dotglob && mv "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/* ${{ github.workspace }}
       - name: DEBUG - list