diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 68b1c5d..1c1dae5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -221,6 +221,25 @@ jobs:
             ~/.cargo/git
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-
+      - name: Build nomos binaries (act fallback)
+        if: env.ACT == 'true'
+        run: |
+          SRC_DIR="${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-node-src"
+          mkdir -p "$SRC_DIR"
+          if [ ! -d "$SRC_DIR/.git" ]; then
+            git clone https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-node.git "$SRC_DIR"
+          fi
+          cd "$SRC_DIR"
+          git fetch --depth 1 origin 2f60a0372c228968c3526c341ebc7e58bbd178dd
+          git checkout 2f60a0372c228968c3526c341ebc7e58bbd178dd
+          git reset --hard
+          git clean -fdx
+          cargo +nightly-2025-09-14 build --all-features -p nomos-node -p nomos-executor -p nomos-cli
+          mkdir -p "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries"
+          cp "${CARGO_TARGET_DIR:-${RUNNER_TEMP}/target-local}/debug/nomos-node" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries/"
+          cp "${CARGO_TARGET_DIR:-${RUNNER_TEMP}/target-local}/debug/nomos-executor" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries/"
+          cp "${CARGO_TARGET_DIR:-${RUNNER_TEMP}/target-local}/debug/nomos-cli" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries/"
+          tar -czf "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries.tar.gz" -C "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries" .
       - name: Download prebuilt nomos binaries
         if: env.ACT != 'true'
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -231,7 +250,7 @@ jobs:
         if: env.ACT == 'true'
         run: |
           mkdir -p "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries"
-          tar -xzf "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/nomos-binaries.tar.gz" -C "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries"
+          tar -xzf "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries.tar.gz" -C "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries"
       - name: Install nomos binaries
         run: |
           BIN_DIR="${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries"
@@ -276,7 +295,7 @@ jobs:
         if: env.ACT == 'true'
         run: |
           mkdir -p "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries"
-          tar -xzf "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/nomos-binaries.tar.gz" -C "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries"
+          tar -xzf "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries.tar.gz" -C "${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries"
       - name: Stage nomos binaries into build context
         run: |
           BIN_DIR="${RUNNER_TEMP}/nomos-binaries"