diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml
index 29e5b6c4d..4d40ddf15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Show Python version
         run: python --version
 
-      - name: Install Python package dependencies
+      - name: Build package
         run: |
           python -m pip install build twine
           python -m build
           twine check --strict dist/*
+
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
index edaefa6eb..3c6188df0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ jobs:
           - '3.11'
           - '3.10'
           - '3.9'
-
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: python
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -48,14 +50,15 @@ jobs:
         run: python --version
       - name: Install Python package dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install build twine pip setuptools wheel
+          python -m pip install twine pip setuptools wheel
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pip install -e .
-          python -m build
-          twine check --strict dist/*
       - name: Run tests
         run: pytest
-
-      - name: run acceptance tests
+      - name: Run Acceptance Tests
         run: make acceptance
-        working-directory: python
+      - name: Build package
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install build twine
+          python -m build
+          twine check --strict dist/*