diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml
index 64f8fe1ff3161e..feb4021c2ecafe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ jobs:
         run: npx envinfo
       - name: Install gcovr
         run: pip install gcovr==7.2
-      - name: Build
-        run: make build-ci -j4 V=1 CONFIG_FLAGS="--error-on-warn --coverage --without-intl"
+      - name: Configure
+        run: ./configure --verbose --error-on-warn --coverage --without-intl
       # TODO(bcoe): fix the couple tests that fail with the inspector enabled.
       # The cause is most likely coverage's use of the inspector.
-      - name: Test
+      - name: Build and test
         run: NODE_V8_COVERAGE=coverage/tmp make test-cov -j4 V=1 TEST_CI_ARGS="-p dots  --measure-flakiness 9" || exit 0
       - name: Report JS
         run: npx c8 report --check-coverage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml
index 666f0568f4c4b7..9a961f5588946b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ jobs:
         run: npx envinfo
       - name: Install gcovr
         run: pip install gcovr==7.2
-      - name: Build
-        run: make build-ci -j4 V=1 CONFIG_FLAGS="--error-on-warn --coverage"
+      - name: Configure
+        run: ./configure --verbose --error-on-warn --coverage
       # TODO(bcoe): fix the couple tests that fail with the inspector enabled.
       # The cause is most likely coverage's use of the inspector.
-      - name: Test
+      - name: Build and test
         run: NODE_V8_COVERAGE=coverage/tmp make test-cov -j4 V=1 TEST_CI_ARGS="-p dots  --measure-flakiness 9" || exit 0
       - name: Report JS
         run: npx c8 report --check-coverage