diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index f9acc46..f920dd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Cypress run
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5 # use the explicit version number
         with:
-          runTests: false
-          start: npm run cy:run-component
+          component: true
+          # quote the url to be safe against YML parsing surprises
+          wait-on: 'http://localhost:8080'
   publish-npm:
     needs: [ test, cypress-run, cypress-run-component ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-test.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-test.yml
index 62ee573..91cc501 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-test.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Cypress run
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5 # use the explicit version number
         with:
-          runTests: false
-          start: npm run cy:run-component
+          component: true
+          # quote the url to be safe against YML parsing surprises
+          wait-on: 'http://localhost:8080'
   test-build-package:
     needs: [ test, cypress-run, cypress-run-component ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest