diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 04c944c9b4a5..d53cf9bb91e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       integration-suites: ${{ steps.integration-suites.outputs.suites }}
       needs-basic-check: ${{ steps.categorize-basic-checks.outputs.needs-basic-check }}
       basic-checks: ${{ steps.categorize-basic-checks.outputs.basic-checks }}
-      needs-build: ${{ steps.selective-checks.outputs.needs-build }}
+      needs-build: ${{ steps.selective-checks.outputs.needs-build || steps.selective-checks.outputs.needs-integration-tests }}
       needs-compile: ${{ steps.selective-checks.outputs.needs-compile }}
       needs-compose-tests: ${{ steps.selective-checks.outputs.needs-compose-tests }}
       needs-integration-tests: ${{ steps.selective-checks.outputs.needs-integration-tests }}
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/_post_process.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/_post_process.sh
index 7501050f34f8..b455117d04c0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/_post_process.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/_post_process.sh
@@ -26,10 +26,18 @@
 # - $REPORT_FILE should be defined
 # - Maven output should be saved in $REPORT_DIR/output.log
 
+if [[ ! -d "${REPORT_DIR}" ]]; then
+  mkdir -p "${REPORT_DIR}"
+fi
+
 if [[ ! -s "${REPORT_FILE}" ]]; then
   # check if there are errors in the log
   if [[ -n "${ERROR_PATTERN:-}" ]]; then
-    grep -m25 "${ERROR_PATTERN}" "${REPORT_DIR}/output.log" > "${REPORT_FILE}"
+    if [[ -e "${REPORT_DIR}/output.log" ]]; then
+      grep -m25 "${ERROR_PATTERN}" "${REPORT_DIR}/output.log" > "${REPORT_FILE}"
+    else
+      echo "Unknown failure, output.log missing" > "${REPORT_FILE}"
+    fi
   fi
   # script failed, but report file is empty (does not reflect failure)
   if [[ ${rc} -ne 0 ]] && [[ ! -s "${REPORT_FILE}" ]]; then
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/junit.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/junit.sh
index ce93510f1f3e..3e6538b506c8 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/junit.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/junit.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ for i in $(seq 1 ${ITERATIONS}); do
     mkdir -p "${REPORT_DIR}"
   fi
 
-  mvn ${MAVEN_OPTIONS} -Dmaven-surefire-plugin.argLineAccessArgs="${OZONE_MODULE_ACCESS_ARGS}" "$@" clean verify \
+  mvn ${MAVEN_OPTIONS} -Dmaven-surefire-plugin.argLineAccessArgs="${OZONE_MODULE_ACCESS_ARGS}" "$@" verify \
       | tee "${REPORT_DIR}/output.log"
   irc=$?
 
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ if [[ "${OZONE_WITH_COVERAGE}" == "true" ]]; then
   mvn -B -N jacoco:merge -Djacoco.destFile=$REPORT_DIR/jacoco-combined.exec -Dscan=false
 fi
 
-ERROR_PATTERN="BUILD FAILURE"
+ERROR_PATTERN="\[ERROR\]"
 source "${DIR}/_post_process.sh"
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/rat.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/rat.sh
index 3582587f8da4..1a9932e1e157 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/rat.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/rat.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ mkdir -p "$REPORT_DIR"
 
 REPORT_FILE="$REPORT_DIR/summary.txt"
 
-mvn -B --no-transfer-progress -fn org.apache.rat:apache-rat-plugin:check "$@"
+mvn -B --no-transfer-progress -fn org.apache.rat:apache-rat-plugin:check "$@" \
+    | tee "${REPORT_DIR}/output.log"
 
 grep -r --include=rat.txt "!????" $dirs | tee "$REPORT_FILE"