diff --git a/.github/workflows/v2-test.yml b/.github/workflows/v2-test.yml
index ee2cccea49f5..7610781e305e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/v2-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/v2-test.yml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: system tests v2
         if: env.GIT_DIFF
         run: |
-          COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS=v2 make test-system
+          make test-system
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: failure()
         with:
diff --git a/scripts/build/testing.mk b/scripts/build/testing.mk
index 22f38ec12bf6..788ec696d337 100644
--- a/scripts/build/testing.mk
+++ b/scripts/build/testing.mk
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ test-all: test-unit test-integration test-ledger-mock test-race
 .PHONY: test-system
 test-system: build
 	mkdir -p ./tests/systemtests/binaries/
-	cp $(BUILDDIR)/simd$(if $(findstring v2,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)),v2) ./tests/systemtests/binaries/
-	$(MAKE) -C tests/systemtests test
+	cp $(BUILDDIR)/simdv2 ./tests/systemtests/binaries/
+	COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS=v2 $(MAKE) -C tests/systemtests test
 
 
 TEST_PACKAGES=./...
diff --git a/tests/systemtests/tx_test.go b/tests/systemtests/tx_test.go
index 3759fbdb01a5..7ee3552925ed 100644
--- a/tests/systemtests/tx_test.go
+++ b/tests/systemtests/tx_test.go
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ func TestGetTxEvents_GRPCGateway(t *testing.T) {
 			} else {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				txs := gjson.Get(string(res), "txs").Array()
-				require.Equal(t, len(txs), tc.expLen)
+				require.Equal(t, tc.expLen, len(txs))
 			}
 		})
 	}