diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 1570f5b..4e791e8 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ steps:
         path: /go
     commands:
       - go mod tidy
-      - git status --porcelain
+      - git diff-index HEAD :^package-lock.json
       # run Go mod tidy prior to committing
-      - test -z "$(git status --porcelain)"
+      - test -z "$(git diff-index HEAD :^package-lock.json)"
 
   - name: frontend
     image: docker.io/immawanderer/archlinux-go:linux-amd64
-    depends_on: [go mod tidy]
+    depends_on: [pull]
     volumes:
       - name: gopath
         path: /go
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - go mod tidy
       - apk update -q && apk add -q --no-cache git
-      - git status --porcelain
+      - git diff-index HEAD :^package-lock.json
       # run Go mod tidy prior to committing
-      - test -z "$(git status --porcelain)"
+      - test -z "$(git diff-index HEAD :^package-lock.json)"
 
   - name: frontend
     image: docker.io/library/golang:1.20.3-alpine3.17
-    depends_on: [go mod tidy]
+    depends_on: [pull]
     volumes:
       - name: gopath
         path: /go