diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 05c3f3cbd3..c5dc37148b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -160,7 +160,12 @@ jobs:
           TEST_STATE_SCHEME: hash
         run: |
           packages=`go list ./...`
-          stdbuf -oL gotestsum --format short-verbose --packages="$packages" --rerun-fails=1 --no-color=false -- ./... -timeout 20m -parallel=8 -tags=cionly
+          for package in $packages; do
+            echo running tests for $package
+            if ! stdbuf -oL gotestsum --format short-verbose --packages="$package" --rerun-fails=1 --no-color=false -- -timeout 20m -tags=cionly; then
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          done
 
       - name: run tests with race detection and path state scheme
         if: matrix.test-mode == 'race'
@@ -181,7 +186,12 @@ jobs:
           TEST_STATE_SCHEME: hash
         run: |
           packages=`go list ./...`
-          stdbuf -oL gotestsum --format short-verbose --packages="$packages" --rerun-fails=1 --no-color=false -- ./... -race -timeout 30m -parallel=8
+          for package in $packages; do
+            echo running tests for $package
+            if ! stdbuf -oL gotestsum --format short-verbose --packages="$package" --rerun-fails=1 --no-color=false -- -race -timeout 30m; then
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          done
 
       - name: run redis tests
         if: matrix.test-mode == 'defaults'