diff --git a/packages/contracts/package.json b/packages/contracts/package.json
index e953a9d2be..d2f4df0b44 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/package.json
+++ b/packages/contracts/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         "prebuild": "run-s clean copy_artifacts",
         "copy_artifacts": "copyfiles './build/**/*' './deploy/solc/solc_bin/*' './deploy/test/fixtures/contracts/**/*' './deploy/test/fixtures/contracts/*' ./lib",
         "build": "tsc",
-        "test": "run-s build compile run_mocha",
+        "test": "run-s compile build run_mocha",
         "run_mocha": "mocha 'lib/test/**/*.js' --timeout 10000 --bail --exit",
         "compile:comment":
             "Yarn workspaces do not link binaries correctly so we need to reference them directly https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/3846",