diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
index c0164b2..dc24346 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: astral-sh/ruff-action@v3
         with:
           version: ">=0.15,<0.16"
+          # use args to avoid the default behavior of running ruff check automatically
+          args: "--version"
           # ToDo: use pyrpoject.toml as version-file
           # version-file: "pyproject.toml"