diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 10ea312..18fa4e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,48 @@ name: Python Package
 on: [ push, pull_request ]
 
 jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Run Unit Tests
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ macos-12, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest ]
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup cmake
+        uses: jwlawson/actions-setup-cmake@v1.12
+        with:
+          cmake-version: 'latest'
+          github-api-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3.1.2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install flake8 pybind11
+
+      - name: Lint with flake8
+        run: |
+          # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+          flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+          # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+          flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+
+      - name: Build C side with cmake
+        run: |
+          cmake .
+          cmake --build .
+
+      - name: Run C tests
+        run: ./Test
+
   build-sdist:
     name: Build SDist
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: test
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -22,16 +61,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install flake8
           python -m pip install setuptools twine build
 
-      - name: Lint with flake8
-        run: |
-          # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-          flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
-          # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-          flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
-
       - name: Build SDist
         run: python -m build --sdist
 
@@ -46,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
   build-wheels:
     name: Build Wheels on ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.arch[0] }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    needs: test
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ macos-12, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b3e9a28..a8f5b97 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ package-dir = { '' = '.' } # without this line, C++ source files get included in
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
 build = "cp*" # only build wheels for cpython.
 build-frontend = "build"
-test-command = "cmake {project} && cmake --build {project} && {project}/Test && pytest {project}/tests --verbose"
+test-command = "pytest {project}/tests --verbose"
 test-extras = ["tests"]
 test-skip = "*-macosx_arm64 *-macosx_universal2:arm64" # skip testing on arm macOS because CIBW doesnt support it
 environment = { QUICKTEX_SIMD_MODE = "SSE4" } # SSE4 has a 99% market share and was released under the Bush administration