diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index aeb7ab4ac..99b5b71dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         configurations: [Debug, Release]
-        build_tests: [build_tests, build_library]
+        build: [library_and_tests, library]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       # Configuration type to build.  For documentation on how build matrices work, see
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: |
           mkdir build
-          if [ "${{matrix.build_tests}}" = "build_library" ]; then
+          if [ "${{matrix.build_tests}}" = "library" ]; then
             cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_CONFIGURATION}} -DVERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS=OFF
           else
             cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_CONFIGURATION}} -DVERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS=ON
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./tests -d yes
 
       - name: Test for memory leaks
-        if: matrix.build_tests
+        if: ${{matrix.build == 'library_and_tests'}}
         # Any memory leaks will cause the test to fail
         # This BPF program was chosen because it is the largest one in the repo
         run: valgrind --leak-check=full --errors-for-leak-kinds=all  --show-leak-kinds=all --error-exitcode=1 ./check ebpf-samples/cilium/bpf_xdp_snat_linux_v1.o 2/1
@@ -82,5 +82,5 @@ jobs:
           cmake --build build -j $(nproc) --config ${{env.BUILD_CONFIGURATION}}
 
       - name: Run unit tests
-        if: matrix.build_tests
+        if: ${{matrix.build == 'library_and_tests'}}
         run: ./${{env.BUILD_CONFIGURATION}}/tests -d yes