diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
index 5da69db..3441012 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-and-test.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ jobs:
           # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
           flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
 
+      - name: Lint with Black
+        run: |
+          black --check .
+
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -48,10 +52,6 @@ jobs:
         pip install coverage black
         if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
 
-    - name: Lint with Black
-      run: |
-        black --check .
-
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
         coverage3 run --source='./encrypted_fields' manage.py test