diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 869ccb530a..586e00be26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -313,8 +313,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install extra dictionaries
+        run: npm install @cspell/dict-en_us @cspell/dict-cpp @cspell/dict-python @cspell/dict-rust @cspell/dict-win32 @cspell/dict-shell
       - name: spell checker
-        uses: streetsidesoftware/cspell-action@v2
+        uses: streetsidesoftware/cspell-action@v6
         with:
           files: '**/*.rs'
           incremental_files_only: true