diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 71fa075..b9f7308 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
                node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
          - run: npm i -g npm@10.5.0
          - run: npm ci
+         - run: npm run check-node-version
          - run: npm run standards
    test:
       needs: [ build ]
@@ -31,8 +32,7 @@ jobs:
             uses: actions/setup-node@v4
             with:
                node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-         - run: npm i -g npm@10.5.0
-         - run: npm ci # Reinstall the dependencies to ensure they install with the current version of node
+         - run: npm ci # Reinstall the dependencies to ensure they install with the node's version of npm
          - run: npm test
          - name: Coveralls
            uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v1
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d95a70f..1c991e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "version": "2.4.0",
   "description": "eslint plugins to support our JS Code Standards. See @silvermine/eslint-config-silvermine",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "check-node-version --npm 10.5.0 && nyc mocha -- 'tests/**/*.test.js'",
+    "check-node-version": "check-node-version --npm 10.5.0",
+    "test": "nyc mocha -- 'tests/**/*.test.js'",
     "commitlint": "commitlint --from 2317166",
     "eslint": "eslint .",
     "markdownlint": "markdownlint -c .markdownlint.json -i CHANGELOG.md '{,!(node_modules)/**/}*.md'",