diff --git a/.github/workflows/eval.yml b/.github/workflows/eval.yml
index c887638ab9b8..55f58bf9cbac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eval.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eval.yml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
   tag:
     name: Tag
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-    needs: [ process ]
+    needs: [ get-merge-commit, process ]
     if: needs.process.outputs.targetRunId
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/get-merge-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/get-merge-commit.yml
index 7d8dd03fbf66..d39e2ad3acfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/get-merge-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/get-merge-commit.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
               ;;
             pull_request_target)
               if commits=$(base/ci/get-merge-commit.sh ${{ github.repository }} ${{ github.event.number }}); then
-                echo "Checking the commits:\n$commits"
+                echo -e "Checking the commits:\n$commits"
                 echo "$commits" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
               else
                 # Skipping so that no notifications are sent
diff --git a/ci/default.nix b/ci/default.nix
index 619580035392..dd39e082a6fb 100644
--- a/ci/default.nix
+++ b/ci/default.nix
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ let
       fs = pkgs.lib.fileset;
       nixFilesSrc = fs.toSource {
         root = ../.;
-        fileset = fs.difference (fs.unions [
-          (fs.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "nix") ../.)
-          ../.git-blame-ignore-revs
-        ]) (fs.maybeMissing ../.git);
+        fileset = fs.difference ../. (fs.maybeMissing ../.git);
       };
     in
     {