diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-node/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-node/action.yml
index ed2234d606b6d9d..06b73cce4d75f27 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-node/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-node/action.yml
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ runs:
           (steps.node-modules-restore.outputs.cache-hit == 'true') && 'true' || ''
         }}' >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-    - name: Enable corepack
-      shell: bash
-      run: corepack enable
+    - name: Install pnpm
+      uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2.4.0
+      with:
+        version: 8.6.12
 
     - name: Setup Node
       uses: actions/setup-node@5e21ff4d9bc1a8cf6de233a3057d20ec6b3fb69d # v3.8.1
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ runs:
         node-version: ${{ inputs.node-version }}
         cache: ${{ env.CACHE_HIT != 'true' && 'pnpm' || '' }}
 
+    - name: Enable corepack
+      shell: bash
+      run: corepack enable
+
     - name: Install dependencies
       uses: nick-fields/retry@943e742917ac94714d2f408a0e8320f2d1fcafcd # v2.8.3
       if: env.CACHE_HIT != 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index fe0c12d0785eb1e..2d1f8180e5fb5e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@0b7f8abb1508181956e8e162db84b466c27e18ce # v3.1.2
+        if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
         with:
           name: renovate-package
           path: renovate-0.0.0-semantic-release.tgz
diff --git a/docs/development/local-development.md b/docs/development/local-development.md
index c9874fbcdecd113..dc52c45e9103524 100644
--- a/docs/development/local-development.md
+++ b/docs/development/local-development.md
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ Then you can run `pnpm` directly from Docker, for instance:
 docker run -it --rm -v "$PWD":/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app renovatebot_local pnpm install
 ```
 
+## Run GitHub Action build job locally with act
+
+1. Install act - [installation instructions](https://github.com/nektos/act#installation)
+1. Run
+
+```
+act -W .github/workflows/build.yml -j build
+```
+
 ## Fork and Clone
 
 If you want to contribute to the project, you should first "fork" the main project using the GitHub website and then clone your fork locally.