diff --git a/.github/workflows/pathogen-repo-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/pathogen-repo-ci.yaml
index 90bcd7f..76d1484 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pathogen-repo-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pathogen-repo-ci.yaml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ jobs:
       # future changes to setup-nextstrain-cli.
       #
       #   -trs, 28 April 2022
-      - uses: nextstrain/.github/actions/setup-nextstrain-cli@29b00885dff495824a12d95d709c03d3891cc12d
+      - uses: nextstrain/.github/actions/setup-nextstrain-cli@e8e1f3213711d8c4b5022f7c29d3eb8ee3f46b4b
         with:
           runtime: ${{ matrix.runtime }}
           # Consider parameterizing the Python version. -trs, 1 April 2022
diff --git a/actions/setup-nextstrain-cli/action.yaml b/actions/setup-nextstrain-cli/action.yaml
index 90815a8..9bfbff3 100644
--- a/actions/setup-nextstrain-cli/action.yaml
+++ b/actions/setup-nextstrain-cli/action.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description: >-
   repos when they need a working copy of the Nextstrain CLI (the `nextstrain`
   program) installed and don't particularly care about the exact Python
   environment in which its installed.
-  
+
   For example, this is typically the case when the workflow's primary step
   invokes `nextstrain build` to run a build in a container runtime (locally via
   Docker or remotely via AWS Batch).  Workflows that are more complex (e.g.
@@ -65,5 +65,8 @@ runs:
       env:
         runtime: ${{ inputs.runtime }}
 
+    - run: nextstrain update
+      shell: bash
+
     - run: nextstrain version --verbose
       shell: bash