diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index b8f052e7f..a9348ab13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         toxenv: [lint, docs-lint, pycodestyle, format, mypy]
         python-version: [ "3.10" ]
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
+        include:
+          - os: windows-latest
+            python-version: "3.12"
+            toxenv: format
+          - os: macos-latest
+            python-version: "3.12"
+            toxenv: docs-lint
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Using Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yml b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
index f3db035ba..9e07a9482 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ jobs:
       - run: tox -e run-module
       - run: tox -e run-entrypoint
       - run: tox -e py
-        continue-on-error: $${{ matrix.unsupported }}
+        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.unsupported }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index 5d3ce2ac0..e224a6711 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: prepare deb
         run: |
           # why the incorrect version? because this way we can skip rewrite debian/changelog for now
-          mkdir --verbose --parents debian/gunicorn-21.2.0
-          ( cd source && git archive --format=tar --prefix=unicorn-21.2.0/ HEAD | gzip) > debian/gunicorn_21.2.0.orig.tar.gz
+          mkdir --verbose --parents debian
+          ( cd source && git archive --format=tar --prefix=gunicorn-21.2.0/ HEAD | gzip ) > debian/gunicorn_21.2.0.orig.tar.gz
+          ( cd debian && tar --extract --file gunicorn_21.2.0.orig.tar.gz gunicorn-21.2.0 )
           rsync -a source/.github/packaging/debian/ debian/gunicorn-21.2.0/debian
+          test -f debian/gunicorn-21.2.0/pyproject.toml
+          test -f debian/gunicorn-21.2.0/debian/control
       - name: build deb
         run: |
           ( cd debian/gunicorn-21.2.0 && dpkg-buildpackage --unsigned-source --unsigned-changes)