diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
index 5508f0c8..67e8aafc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ jobs:
           ## Test Requirements
           
           1. **GitHub MCP Testing**: Review the last 2 merged pull requests in __GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY__
-          2. **Serena Go Testing**: Use the serena-go tool to run a basic go command like "go version" to verify the tool is available
+          2. **Serena MCP Testing**: Use the Serena MCP server tool `activate_project` to initialize the workspace at `__GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE__` and verify it succeeds (do NOT use bash to run go commands - use Serena's MCP tools)
           3. **Playwright Testing**: Use playwright to navigate to <https://github.com> and verify the page title contains "GitHub"
           4. **File Writing Testing**: Create a test file `/tmp/gh-aw/agent/smoke-test-copilot-__GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID__.txt` with content "Smoke test passed for Copilot at $(date)" (create the directory if it doesn't exist)
           5. **Bash Tool Testing**: Execute bash commands to verify file creation was successful (use `cat` to read the file back)