diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 794ffe9..be77750 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@ jobs:
   build: # make sure build/ci work properly
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - if: ${{ !(github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (github.event.pull_request.user.id == 49699333 || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'dependencies'))) }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (github.event.pull_request.user.id == 49699333 || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'dependencies'))
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+
       - run: |
           npm install
           npm run all