diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 98f8b6e9f7..d82b91cb7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -14,24 +14,12 @@ jobs:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
             - name: checkout
-              uses: actions/checkout@v3
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
             - name: Setup node
-              uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v4
               with:
-                  node-version: 18
-
-            # extract branch name
-            - name: Extract branch name
-              if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-              shell: bash
-              run: echo "BRANCH_NAME=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-              id: extract_branch
-
-            # extract branch name on pull request
-            - name: Print branch name
-              if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-              run: echo "BRANCH_NAME=$(echo ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF})" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+                  node-version: '18'
 
             - name: setup environment and execute mocha tests
-              run: bash scripts/unitTest.sh
+              run: npm ci && npm run build && npm run mocha
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 91c4b5322c..e811037ffc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"name": "schulcloud-client",
-	"private": true,
 	"scripts": {
 		"start": "node --unhandled-rejections=warn ./bin/www",
 		"watch": "nodemon --config nodemon.json",
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
 	},
 	"engines": {
 		"node": "18",
-		"npm": "9"
+		"npm": ">=9"
 	},
 	"lint-staged": {
 		"static/images/**/*.{png,jpeg,jpg,gif,svg}": [
diff --git a/scripts/unitTest.sh b/scripts/unitTest.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 710aeb5abc..0000000000
--- a/scripts/unitTest.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-
-npm ci
-npm run build
-npm run mocha