diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
index 32db546..8a6ffc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
 
+      - name: setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+
       - uses: jdx/mise-action@fc42bcc7ddbf51124c30f95a877a0c5168a3bfde # v5
 
+      - run: mise run setup:dependencies
       - run: prek run --all-files
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index d098364..cdf15ed 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,17 @@ description = "Install dependencies and git hooks"
 depends = ["setup:dependencies", "setup:hooks"]
 
 [tasks."setup:dependencies"]
-description = "Download Go modules"
-run = "go mod download"
+description = "Download Go modules with retries"
+run = '''
+attempt=1
+until go mod download; do
+  if [ "$attempt" -ge 3 ]; then
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  sleep "$((attempt * 5))"
+  attempt="$((attempt + 1))"
+done
+'''
 
 [tasks."setup:hooks"]
 description = "Install prek git hooks"