diff --git a/install_requirements.sh b/install_requirements.sh
index e59c0dfa205da4e20da8b0f679bd755dae1c3877..cbd378eca81af17386100fc0ceb3757912d0ebf5 100755
--- a/install_requirements.sh
+++ b/install_requirements.sh
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --quiet update
 sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --quiet install build-essential cmake libpcre2-dev python3-dev python3-cffi
 mkdir libyang
 git clone https://github.com/CESNET/libyang.git libyang
+cd libyang
 git fetch
 git checkout v2.1.148
+cd ..
 mkdir libyang/build
 cd libyang/build
 echo "*" > .gitignore