diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7af7de0bb..260e66013 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ EF_TESTS_DIR := crates/evm/ethereum-tests
 help: ## Display this help message
 	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## / {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 
+.PHONY: build
 build: ## Build the project
 	@cargo build
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ clean-node: ## Cleans local dbs needed for sequencer and nodes
 test-legacy: ## Runs test suite with output from tests printed
 	@cargo test -- --nocapture -Zunstable-options --report-time
 
-test: $(EF_TESTS_DIR) ## Runs test suite using next test
+test: build $(EF_TESTS_DIR) ## Runs test suite using next test
 	@cargo nextest run --workspace --all-features --no-fail-fast $(filter-out $@,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
 
 install-dev-tools:  ## Installs all necessary cargo helpers
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ find-unused-deps: ## Prints unused dependencies for project. Note: requires nigh
 find-flaky-tests:  ## Runs tests over and over to find if there's flaky tests
 	flaky-finder -j16 -r320 --continue "cargo test -- --nocapture"
 
-coverage: $(EF_TESTS_DIR) ## Coverage in lcov format
+coverage: build $(EF_TESTS_DIR) ## Coverage in lcov format
 	cargo llvm-cov --locked --lcov --output-path lcov.info nextest --workspace --all-features
 
 coverage-html: ## Coverage in HTML format