diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
index 51dd430a994ba..b1e9d4703444d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - { uses: actions/checkout@v3, with: { submodules: "recursive" } }
 
+      - name: Copyright check
+        if: success() || failure()
+        run: ./update_copyrights
       - name: Check for invalid characters
         run: |
           ./utils/CI/check_utf8.sh
@@ -34,9 +37,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Doxygen check
         if: success() || failure()
         run: doxygen doc/doxygen/Doxyfile
-      - name: Copyright check
-        if: success() || failure()
-        run: ./update_copyrights
 
   ubuntu:
     strategy: