diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 78ad27e..a3c5bb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: execute apitest
         shell: bash
-        run: make apitest
+        run: make build apitest
 
       - name: Notify slack channel about a failure
         if: ${{ failure() }}