diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 16e324303..554b7ecac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -66,13 +66,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           using Pkg
           foreach(path -> Pkg.develop(; path), ("./RecipesBase", "./RecipesPipeline", "./PlotsBase", "."))
+          Pkg.precompile()
 
       # - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@latest
 
       - name: Install conda based matplotlib
         run: julia --color=yes ci/matplotlib.jl
 
-      - name: Run RecipesBase, RecipesPipeline, PlotsBase, Plots tests
+      - name: Test RecipesBase, RecipesPipeline, PlotsBase, Plots
         timeout-minutes: 60
         run: |
           cmd=(julia --color=yes)
diff --git a/ci/downstream.jl b/ci/downstream.jl
index d3dd02799..1a4c6c9a2 100644
--- a/ci/downstream.jl
+++ b/ci/downstream.jl
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ failsafe_clone_checkout(path, url) = begin
     end
     @assert isfile(versions)
 
-    stable = maximum(VersionNumber.(keys(TOML.parse(read(versions, String)))))
+    version_dict = TOML.parse(read(versions, String))
+    stable = VersionNumber.(keys(version_dict)) |> maximum
     tag = LibGit2.GitObject(repo, "v$stable")
     hash = string(LibGit2.target(tag))
     LibGit2.checkout!(repo, hash)
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ fake_supported_version!(path) = begin
     open(toml, "w") do io
         TOML.print(io, parsed_toml)
     end
+    print(read(toml, String))
     nothing
 end