diff --git a/.github/workflows/licenses.yml b/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
index 1769d5bb3..e1308f6ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
 
       - name: Generate Go license notices
-        working-directory: ${{ env.LICENSE_DIR }}
         run: |
           go install github.com/google/go-licenses@latest
-          go-licenses report "$GOPACKAGE" --template=../.github/licenses.tmpl --stderrthreshold=ERROR --logtostderr=false > README.md
-          go-licenses save "$GOPACKAGE" --stderrthreshold=ERROR --logtostderr=false
+          go-licenses report "$GOPACKAGE" --template=../.github/licenses.tmpl --stderrthreshold=ERROR --logtostderr=false > "$LICENSE_DIR"/README.md
+          go-licenses save "$GOPACKAGE" --stderrthreshold=ERROR --logtostderr=false --save_path "$LICENSE_DIR"
 
       - name: Upload Go license notices
         run: |