diff --git a/.github/workflows/fips-label.yml b/.github/workflows/fips-label.yml
index 98f07512ceb7a860189a3939a22cf3e53d613380..de6886ddb63ec10ed93277f1cd6087c8a690fc65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fips-label.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fips-label.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: 'Download artifact'
         if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
             var artifacts = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
       - name: 'Check artifact and apply'
         if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
           script: |
diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index dd06aa48988f47969a0789fcc6d4bdc112d4290a..b29468b2d351a2780c8b7d6a6873a761ea85a76e 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -933,8 +933,6 @@ while (@argvcopy)
                 if (/^--prefix=(.*)$/)
                         {
                         $config{prefix}=$1;
-                        die "Directory given with --prefix MUST be absolute\n"
-                                unless file_name_is_absolute($config{prefix});
                         }
                 elsif (/^--api=(.*)$/)
                         {
@@ -1377,6 +1375,11 @@ foreach (keys %useradd) {
 # At this point, we can forget everything about %user and %useradd,
 # because it's now all been merged into the corresponding $config entry
 
+if ($config{prefix} && !$config{CROSS_COMPILE}) {
+    die "Directory given with --prefix MUST be absolute\n"
+        unless file_name_is_absolute($config{prefix});
+}
+
 if (grep { $_ =~ /(?:^|\s)-static(?:\s|$)/ } @{$config{LDFLAGS}}) {
     disable('static', 'pic', 'threads');
 }