diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 130ef58839..5564203891 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ env:
 jobs:
   # Identify the CodeQL tool versions to use in the analysis job.
   check-codeql-versions:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          language: javascript, actions
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       versions: ${{ steps.compare.outputs.versions }}
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       id: init-default
       uses: ./init
       with:
-        languages: javascript
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
     - name: Remove empty database
       # allows us to run init a second time
       run: |