diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ce460ef04..3066069b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -74,4 +74,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: install requests
       run: pip install requests
     - name: tests
+      env:
+        CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE: ON
       run: make release-test -j3