diff --git a/.github/workflows/prw-deploy-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/prw-deploy-preview.yml
index 0c168fc9..7d0a347c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prw-deploy-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prw-deploy-preview.yml
@@ -173,13 +173,15 @@ jobs:
           SOURCE_DIR: './public-update'
           DEST_DIR: "s3://${{ secrets.PREVIEW_AWS_BUCKET_NAME }}/pr${{ needs.determine-sync-status.outputs.pr-number }}"
 
-      - name: Calculate checksums for S3 bucket files and compare with CI checksums
+      - name: Calculate checksums for S3 bucket files
         run: |
           TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
           aws s3 sync "s3://${{ secrets.PREVIEW_AWS_BUCKET_NAME }}/pr${{ needs.determine-sync-status.outputs.pr-number }}" "$TEMP_DIR" --follow-symlinks
           cd "$TEMP_DIR"
-          find . -type f -exec sha256sum {} + | awk '{print $2, $1}' | sort > "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/checksums-s3-verify.txt"
+          find . -type f ! -name "checksums-s3.txt" -exec sha256sum {} + | awk '{print $2, $1}' | sort > "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/checksums-s3-verify.txt"
 
+      - name: Compare checksums of S3 bucket and CI files
+        run: |
           cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
           if diff checksums-ci.txt checksums-s3-verify.txt > diff-output.txt; then
             echo "Checksums match. No differences found."