diff --git a/.github/workflows/analysis_ports.yml b/.github/workflows/analysis_ports.yml
index 30cb2dc5f..5f9191b3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/analysis_ports.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/analysis_ports.yml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ jobs:
           #make install_sw
           make install_dev
           cd ..
-          make expat
+          mkdir expat
           echo "curl expat"
           curl -L -k -s -S -o expat-2.2.10.tar.gz https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_2_2_10/expat-2.2.10.tar.gz
           tar xzf expat-2.2.10.tar.gz