diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 13c3e9e4..ea0a755b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install package
         run: |
           pip install -e '.[tests]'
+      - name: Setup tmate session
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
       - name: Run tests
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           SPARSE_BACKEND=Numba pytest --pyargs sparse --doctest-modules --cov-report=xml:coverage_Numba.xml -n0 -vvv
           SPARSE_BACKEND=Finch pytest --pyargs sparse/tests --cov-report=xml:coverage_Finch.xml -n0 -vvv
           SPARSE_BACKEND=MLIR pytest --pyargs sparse/mlir_backend --cov-report=xml:coverage_MLIR.xml -n0 -vvv
-      - name: Setup tmate session
-        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         if: always()
         with: