diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-copilot/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-copilot/action.yml
index c737f0a55..dcc99b8a7 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-copilot/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-copilot/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: "Setup Copilot"
 description: "Setup Copilot CLI for testing the Java SDK."
+outputs:
+  cli-path:
+    description: "Path to the Copilot CLI executable"
+    value: ${{ steps.cli-path.outputs.path }}
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index 5381c7816..28896442e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-copilot
+      - id: setup-copilot
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-copilot
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           java-version: "17"
@@ -48,5 +49,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Java SDK tests
         env:
           COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          COPILOT_CLI_PATH: ${{ steps.cli-path.outputs.path }}
+          COPILOT_CLI_PATH: ${{ steps.setup-copilot.outputs.cli-path }}
         run: mvn verify