diff --git a/.github/workflows/translation_check.yml b/.github/workflows/translation_check.yml
index 071d94e9cb..c2fab93db4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translation_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translation_check.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@ jobs:
           repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
           allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true
 
-      - name: get en-GB.txt (curl)
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p OpenRCT2/data/language
-          curl -sSLf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/develop/data/language/en-GB.txt -o OpenRCT2/data/language/en-GB.txt
+      - name: Get en-GB.txt from OpenRCT2 develop
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          repository: OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2
+          ref: develop
+          path: OpenRCT2
+          sparse-checkout: |
+              data/language/en-GB.txt
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
 
       - name: Checkout translations before PR changes (for comparsion)
         uses: actions/checkout@v7