diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d0d151ef25..cf2eab7562 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ jobs:
         git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter ~/flutter
         echo ~/flutter/bin >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
-    - name: Download Flutter SDK artifacts
-      run: flutter precache --universal
-
-    - name: Print Flutter version
-      run: flutter --version
+    - name: Download Flutter SDK artifacts; print Flutter version first
+      run: |
+        flutter --version
+        flutter precache --universal
 
     - name: Run tools/check
       run: TERM=dumb tools/check --all