diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1702ec2..d8a6e4c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ image: "rust:latest"
 test:cargo:
   script:
     - rustc --version && cargo --version  # Print version info for debugging
+    - cargo build
     - cargo test --workspace --verbose
 
 # Optional: Use a third party library to generate gitlab junit reports