diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 089ee913a..2b510fbd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ jobs:
           command: test
           args: --verbose --all
 
-  snippets:
-    name: Run snippets tests
+  snippets_cpython:
+    name: Run snippets and cpython tests
     runs-on:  ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: run snippets
         run: pipenv run pytest -v
         working-directory: ./tests
+      - name: run cpython tests
+        run: |
+          export RUSTPYTHONPATH=`pwd`/Lib
+          cargo run --release -- -m test -v
 
   format:
     name: Check Rust code with rustfmt and clippy
@@ -104,21 +108,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: run lint
         run: flake8 . --count --exclude=./.*,./Lib,./vm/Lib  --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
 
-  cpython:
-    name: Run CPython test suite
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
-      - name: build rustpython
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --verbose --all
-      - name: run tests
-        run: |
-          export RUSTPYTHONPATH=`pwd`/Lib
-          cargo run -- -m test -v
-
   wasm:
     name: Check the WASM package and demo
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest