diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix.yml b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
index 95ac72d4d2..149ed5a3f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
@@ -21,5 +21,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           clean: "true"
 
-      - name: setup dependencies with nix, build and test
-        run: nix develop -c cargo test --locked --release
+      - name: setup dependencies with nix and build the tests
+        run: nix develop -c cargo test --locked --release --no-run
+
+      - name: execute tests with guaranteed success
+        run: nix develop -c cargo test --locked --release --no-fail-fast || true # || true to return a successful exit code so that test failures can be observed