diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream-project-spl.yml b/.github/workflows/downstream-project-spl.yml
index 017a13ce5b88c7..1714a740ae0809 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream-project-spl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream-project-spl.yml
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           source ci/downstream-projects/common.sh
           cd "${{ matrix.programs }}"
-          $CARGO_TEST_SBF --arch v0 --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
+          $CARGO_BUILD_SBF --arch v0 --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
+          RUSTFLAGS="-Awarnings" SBF_OUT_DIR="../target/deploy"  cargo test --features test-sbf --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
 
       - name: Test SBPFv1
         shell: bash
@@ -156,7 +157,8 @@ jobs:
           source ci/downstream-projects/common.sh
           cd "${{ matrix.programs }}"
           rm -rf target/deploy target/sbpf*
-          $CARGO_TEST_SBF --arch v1 --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
+          $CARGO_BUILD_SBF --arch v1 --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
+          RUSTFLAGS="-Awarnings" SBF_OUT_DIR="../target/deploy"  cargo test --features test-sbf --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
 
       - name: Test SBPFv2
         shell: bash
@@ -164,7 +166,8 @@ jobs:
           source ci/downstream-projects/common.sh
           cd "${{ matrix.programs }}"
           rm -rf target/deploy target/sbpf*
-          $CARGO_TEST_SBF --arch v2 --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
+          $CARGO_BUILD_SBF --arch v2 --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
+          RUSTFLAGS="-Awarnings" SBF_OUT_DIR="../target/deploy"  cargo test --features test-sbf --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
 
       - name: Test SBPFv3
         shell: bash
@@ -172,4 +175,5 @@ jobs:
           source ci/downstream-projects/common.sh
           cd "${{ matrix.programs }}"
           rm -rf target/deploy target/sbpf*
-          $CARGO_TEST_SBF --arch v3 --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
+          $CARGO_BUILD_SBF --arch v3 --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml
+          RUSTFLAGS="-Awarnings" SBF_OUT_DIR="../target/deploy"  cargo test --features test-sbf --manifest-path program/Cargo.toml