diff --git a/.github/workflows/termux_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/termux_ci.yml
index eb2dccd9a8..f36192e784 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/termux_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/termux_ci.yml
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ jobs:
             cp -r /src ~/vproject; cd ~/vproject
             touch inside_docker.txt
             ls -la
-            .github/workflows/retry.sh pkg update -y
-            .github/workflows/retry.sh pkg install -y clang libexecinfo libgc libgc-static make git
             git log -n4
             echo "previous TERMUX_VERSION: $TERMUX_VERSION"
             export TERMUX_VERSION=0.118.3
             echo "explicit TERMUX_VERSION: $TERMUX_VERSION"
+            .github/workflows/retry.sh pkg update -y
+            .github/workflows/retry.sh pkg install -y clang libexecinfo libgc libgc-static make git
             VFLAGS="-cc cc" make
             ./v symlink
             v run examples/hello_world.v