diff --git a/.github/scripts/defaults.sh b/.github/scripts/defaults.sh
index 88dca6c1..a5f7f62e 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/defaults.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/defaults.sh
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ REMOTE_MAKE_NPROC=4
 REMOTE_PREFIX=$CI_DIR/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}-${GITHUB_REF_NAME//\//-}
 REMOTE_WORK_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE
 REMOTE_CHIPYARD_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-REMOTE_SIM_DIR=$REMOTE_CHIPYARD_DIR/sims/vcs
+REMOTE_SIM_DIR=$REMOTE_CHIPYARD_DIR/sims/verilator
 REMOTE_FIRESIM_DIR=$REMOTE_CHIPYARD_DIR/sims/firesim/sim
 REMOTE_FPGA_DIR=$REMOTE_CHIPYARD_DIR/fpga
 
 # local variables (aka within the docker container)
 LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-LOCAL_SIM_DIR=$LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR/sims/vcs
+LOCAL_SIM_DIR=$LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR/sims/verilator
 LOCAL_FIRESIM_DIR=$LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR/sims/firesim/sim
 
 # CI uses temp directories with very long names