diff --git a/.github/workflows/hsp2-pip-install-test.yml b/.github/workflows/hsp2-pip-install-test.yml
index b7c51e05..64992a86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hsp2-pip-install-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hsp2-pip-install-test.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - python-version: "3.11"
             pandas-version: "pandas>2.0"
+            coverage: true
           - python-version: "3.11"
             pandas-version: "pandas>1.5,<2.0"
     steps:
@@ -51,12 +52,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # install the hsp2 executable
           pip install .[dev]
-      - if: ${{ matrix.pandas-version }}
+      - if: matrix.pandas-version
         run: pip install "${{ matrix.pandas-version }}"
-      - name: Test with pytest
+      - if: matrix.coverage
         run: |
           # python coverage
           NUMBA_DISABLE_JIT=1 pytest --cov --cov-branch --cov-report term-missing
+      - if: !matrix.coverage
+        run: pytest
   
   test-cmd:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest