diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 9b3dfe2d70..3d6d2c9c93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ jobs:
       env:
         RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
 
+    # DEBUG: run these tests first
+    - run: cargo test -p wasi-tokio
+
     # Build and test all features except for lightbeam
     - run: |
         cargo test \