diff --git a/.github/workflows/samples-scala.yaml b/.github/workflows/samples-scala.yaml
index 5b937b0a42b..5c2cb8bc04f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/samples-scala.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/samples-scala.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: 8
+      - name: Setup sbt launcher
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
       - name: Cache maven dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/scalaz/.openapi-generator-ignore b/samples/client/petstore/scalaz/.openapi-generator-ignore
index 7484ee590a3..daed634bb4b 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/scalaz/.openapi-generator-ignore
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/scalaz/.openapi-generator-ignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
 #docs/*.md
 # Then explicitly reverse the ignore rule for a single file:
 #!docs/README.md
+#