diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/local-dev.yml
index 56d621f32b..e57db89b7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/local-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/local-dev.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           curl --fail --retry-connrefused --retry 5 http://localhost:4000/
 
       - name: Run basic tests
-        run: node src/workflows/test-local-dev.js
+        run: npm run test-local-dev
 
       - if: ${{ failure() }}
         name: Debug server outputs on errors
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c8d82a4bf..a3f06cec11 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "sync-search-server": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production PORT=4002 MINIMAL_RENDER=true CHANGELOG_DISABLED=true node src/frame/server.js",
     "sync-webhooks": "src/rest/scripts/update-files.js -o webhooks",
     "test": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS='--max_old_space_size=4096 --experimental-vm-modules' jest --logHeapUsage",
+    "test-local-dev": "node src/workflows/test-local-dev.js",
     "test-moved-content": "tsx src/content-render/scripts/test-moved-content.ts",
     "test-watch": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest --watch --notify --notifyMode=change --coverage",
     "toggle-ghae-feature-flags": "node src/versions/scripts/toggle-ghae-feature-flags.js",