diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos_unit_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/macos_unit_tests.yaml
index 24affa83273..cabf58f509d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos_unit_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos_unit_tests.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         git --version
         . .github/workflows/setup_git.sh
         . share/spack/setup-env.sh
-        coverage run $(which spack) test
+        coverage run $(which spack) unit-test
         coverage combine
         coverage xml
     - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1