diff --git a/.github/workflows/colcon.yml b/.github/workflows/colcon.yml
index dce1cb065a7..86e362037a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/colcon.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/colcon.yml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: 'bash'
         run: |
           source install/setup.bash
-          colcon test --executor sequential --parallel-workers 0 --base-paths src/ardupilot --event-handlers=console_cohesion+
+          colcon test --python-testing "pytest" --pytest-args " --verbose" " --stepwise" --executor sequential --parallel-workers 0 --base-paths src/ardupilot --event-handlers=console_cohesion+
       - name: Report colcon test results
         run: |
           colcon test-result --all --verbose