diff --git a/gnu/packages/check.scm b/gnu/packages/check.scm
index 0866558ac2..c928d11f64 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/check.scm
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Sharlatan Hellseher <sharlatanus@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 jgart <jgart@dismail.de>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Luis Felipe López Acevedo <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2023 Timo Wilken <guix@twilken.net>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -1028,6 +1029,24 @@ (define-public cpputest
 but it works for any C/C++ project.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
+;; Required by actionlint. The version of `go-github-com-robfig-cron'
+;; packaged in Guix is newer and changed some error messages, causing
+;; unit tests in actionlint to fail.
+(define-public go-github-com-robfig-cron-1.2
+  (package
+    (inherit go-github-com-robfig-cron)
+    (name "go-github-com-robfig-cron")
+    (version "1.2.0")
+    (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url "https://github.com/robfig/cron")
+                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0nv31m3940d9kf38lw2zs4hpj435bdi9mmim098rb3n4l07qrvva"))))))
+
 (define-public python-parameterized
   (package
     (name "python-parameterized")