diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index eeff0d3..7a9f38a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up miniconda
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
-          miniforge-variant: Miniforge
           miniforge-version: latest
           channels: conda-forge,bioconda
           activate-environment: prymer
@@ -54,38 +53,16 @@ jobs:
           auto-activate-base: false
           python-version: ${{ matrix.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
-      - name: Unit tests (with doctest and coverage)
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          conda activate prymer
-          poetry run pytest --cov=prymer --cov-report=xml --cov-branch --doctest-plus --doctest-modules prymer tests
+      - name: Install the project's dependencies
+        run: poetry install
+
+      - name: Test the codebase
+        run: poetry run pytest
 
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4.5.0
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-      
-      - name: Style checking
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          conda activate prymer
-          poetry run ruff format --check
-
-      - name: Run lint
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          conda activate prymer
-          poetry run ruff check
-
-      - name: Run mypy
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          conda activate prymer
-          poetry run mypy
 
-      - name: Run docs
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          conda activate prymer
-          set -euo pipefail
-          poetry run mkdocs build --strict
+      - name: Test building the documentation
+        run: set -euo pipefail && poetry run mkdocs build --strict
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4ccb6cb..e4a2898 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ minversion = "7.4"
 addopts    = [
     "--ignore=docs/scripts",
     "--color=yes",
+    "--cov",
+    "--cov-report=xml",
+    "--cov-branch",
+    "--doctest-plus",
+    "--doctest-modules",
     "--mypy",
     "--ruff",
     "--doctest-plus",