diff --git a/.github/scripts/codespell.sh b/.github/scripts/codespell.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c0d77898bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/codespell.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) Viktor Szakats
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
+
+set -eu
+
+cd "$(dirname "${0}")"/../..
+
+codespell --version
+# shellcheck disable=SC2046
+codespell \
+  --skip '*/spellcheck.words' \
+  --skip '*/typos.toml' \
+  --skip '*/THANKS' \
+  --skip '*/mk-ca-bundle.pl' \
+  --skip '*/wcurl' \
+  --skip '*/tool_hugehelp.c' \
+  --skip 'packages/*' \
+  --skip '*/test*' \
+  --ignore-words '.github/scripts/codespell-ignore.txt' \
+  $(git ls-files)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml b/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
index d4e641a254..583e3e4a43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
@@ -69,16 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           cargo install typos-cli
 
       - name: 'codespell'
-        run: |
-          codespell --version
-          # shellcheck disable=SC2046
-          codespell \
-            --skip scripts/mk-ca-bundle.pl \
-            --skip src/tool_hugehelp.c \
-            --skip scripts/wcurl \
-            --ignore-words .github/scripts/codespell-ignore.txt \
-            --skip '*/test*,*/THANKS,*/spellcheck.words,packages/*,*/typos.toml' \
-            $(git ls-files)
+        run: .github/scripts/codespell.sh
 
       - name: 'typos'
         run: |