diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_dep_update.sh b/.github/workflows/test_dep_update.sh
index 8cf3471..2355f8e 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/test_dep_update.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_dep_update.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git checkout depupdate
 git reset --hard origin/master
 json="$(gh pr list --search "author:app/github-actions" --json headRefName,number)"
 echo "$json" | jq '.[] | .headRefName | @text' | xargs -L1 -- git pull origin
-if nix flake check; then
+if nix build .#checks.x86_64-linux.init-example-el; then
     echo "$json" | jq ".[] | .number | @text" | xargs -L1 -- gh pr merge --squash --delete-branch
 else
     gh issue create \