diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml
index c377a121f8..4861ec9c9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml
@@ -81,15 +81,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
-      - name: Build WordPress
-        run: npm run build
-
-      - name: Clean after building
-        run: npm run grunt clean
-
-      - name: Ensure version-controlled files are not modified or deleted during building and cleaning
-        run: git diff --exit-code
-
       - name: Build WordPress in /src
         run: npm run build:dev
 
@@ -99,6 +90,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Ensure version-controlled files are not modified or deleted during building and cleaning
         run: git diff --exit-code
 
+      - name: Build WordPress
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Clean after building
+        run: npm run grunt clean
+
+      - name: Ensure version-controlled files are not modified or deleted during building and cleaning
+        run: git diff --exit-code
+
   # Verifies that installing NPM dependencies and building WordPress works as expected on MacOS.
   #
   # This is separate from the job above in order to use stricter conditions about when to run.
@@ -141,15 +141,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
-      - name: Build WordPress
-        run: npm run build
-
-      - name: Clean after building
-        run: npm run grunt clean
-
-      - name: Ensure version-controlled files are not modified or deleted during building and cleaning
-        run: git diff --exit-code
-
       - name: Build WordPress in /src
         run: npm run build:dev
 
@@ -159,6 +150,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Ensure version-controlled files are not modified or deleted during building and cleaning
         run: git diff --exit-code
 
+      - name: Build WordPress
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Clean after building
+        run: npm run grunt clean
+
+      - name: Ensure version-controlled files are not modified or deleted during building and cleaning
+        run: git diff --exit-code
+
   slack-notifications:
     name: Slack Notifications
     uses: WordPress/wordpress-develop/.github/workflows/slack-notifications.yml@trunk