diff --git a/.github/actions/genprotos/action.yml b/.github/actions/genprotos/action.yml
index d90a364158..b7f59076a2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/genprotos/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/genprotos/action.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@ runs:
     - if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       uses: bufbuild/buf-action@v1
       with:
+        setup_only: true
         github_token: ${{ github.token }}
+      run: buf generate protos