diff --git a/.github/workflows/spark_master_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/spark_master_test.yaml
index 46cc3b68be..3906c31f22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spark_master_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spark_master_test.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Spark Master tests
         # when changing TEST_PARALLELISM_COUNT make sure to also change it in spark_test.yaml
         run: |
+          TEST_PARALLELISM_COUNT=4 SHARD_ID=${{matrix.shard}} build/sbt -DsparkVersion=master "++ ${{ matrix.scala }}" clean spark/test
           TEST_PARALLELISM_COUNT=4 build/sbt -DsparkVersion=master "++ ${{ matrix.scala }}" clean connectServer/test
           TEST_PARALLELISM_COUNT=4 build/sbt -DsparkVersion=master "++ ${{ matrix.scala }}" clean connectServer/assembly connectClient/test
-          TEST_PARALLELISM_COUNT=4 SHARD_ID=${{matrix.shard}} build/sbt -DsparkVersion=master "++ ${{ matrix.scala }}" clean spark/test
         if: steps.git-diff.outputs.diff