diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable-test-core-build-process.yml b/.github/workflows/callable-test-core-build-process.yml
index 4f97881bdd85d..60d97be95811e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable-test-core-build-process.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable-test-core-build-process.yml
@@ -68,16 +68,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Ensure version-controlled files are not modified or deleted during building
         run: git diff --exit-code
 
+      - name: Create ZIP of built files
+        if: ${{ inputs.directory == 'build' && 'ubuntu-latest' == inputs.os }}
+        run: zip -r wordpress.zip build/.
+
       - name: Clean after building to run from ${{ inputs.directory }}
         run: npm run grunt clean${{ inputs.directory == 'src' && ' -- --dev' || '' }}
 
       - name: Ensure version-controlled files are not modified or deleted during cleaning
         run: git diff --exit-code
 
-      - name: Create ZIP of built files
-        if: ${{ inputs.directory == 'build' && 'ubuntu-latest' == inputs.os }}
-        run: zip -r wordpress.zip build/.
-
       - name: Upload ZIP as a GitHub Actions artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@0b7f8abb1508181956e8e162db84b466c27e18ce # v3.1.2
         if: ${{ inputs.directory == 'build' && 'ubuntu-latest' == inputs.os }}