diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 7b0c265..16cf9db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    # The _cosmosvendor/sync_sdk.bash script (via make deps)
+    # tries to use an existing SDK checkout to speed up the clone.
+    # Relying on actions/checkout should make that part of the cache,
+    # so CI ought to run faster.
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        repository: cosmos/cosmos-sdk
+        path: ../cosmos-sdk
+
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5677ba3..42acede 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    # The _cosmosvendor/sync_sdk.bash script (via make deps)
+    # tries to use an existing SDK checkout to speed up the clone.
+    # Relying on actions/checkout should make that part of the cache,
+    # so CI ought to run faster.
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        repository: cosmos/cosmos-sdk
+        path: ../cosmos-sdk
+
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
diff --git a/_cosmosvendor/sync_sdk.bash b/_cosmosvendor/sync_sdk.bash
index 8c4e49d..34a317b 100755
--- a/_cosmosvendor/sync_sdk.bash
+++ b/_cosmosvendor/sync_sdk.bash
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ if ! test -d "$SDK_DIR"; then
   # where a user may have an existing clone.
   # 1. GOPATH style, assuming we are in GOPATH/src/github.com/rollchains/gordian/gcosmos/_cosmosvendor
   #    and the other repo is GOPATH/src/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk
-  # 2. Go module style, where we are in $X/gordian/gcosmos
+  # 2. Go module style, where we are in $X/gcosmos
   #    and the other repo is in $X/cosmos-sdk
   #
   # And --dissociate to ensure that our vendored copy works
   # even if the referenced repo goes away for whatever reason.
   git clone \
     --reference-if-able ../../../cosmos/cosmos-sdk \
-    --reference-if-able ../../cosmos-sdk \
+    --reference-if-able ../cosmos-sdk \
     --dissociate \
     https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk \
     "$SDK_DIR"