diff --git a/.github/workflows/ec-integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ec-integration-tests.yml
index c804b4647..ea476b77c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ec-integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ec-integration-tests.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
-defaults:
-  run:
-    working-directory: test/erasure_coding
-
 jobs:
   ec-integration-tests:
     name: EC Integration Tests
@@ -20,15 +16,20 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
         go-version: ^1.24
       id: go
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Build weed binary
+      run: |
+        cd weed && go build -o weed .
 
     - name: Run EC Integration Tests
+      working-directory: test/erasure_coding
       run: |
         go test -v