diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
index a97e41d5..4580c92a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
 
       - name: Execute Gradle build
-        run: ./gradlew clean check integrationTest --scan --stacktrace
+        run: ./gradlew clean && ./gradlew check integrationTest --scan --stacktrace
 
       - name: Cache SonarCloud packages
         uses: actions/cache@v4
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 906f91a8..8058f57b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -300,12 +300,13 @@ sonar {
 
 tasks.register("publishAllPublicationsToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository") {
     group("Publishing")
-    description("Publishes all publications to the local Maven repository")
+    description("Publishes all publications to the local Maven integration (test) repository")
 
-    dependsOn(":htmlSanityCheck-core:publishMavenJavaPublicationToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository",
-            ":htmlSanityCheck-gradle-plugin:publishPluginMavenPublicationToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository",
+    dependsOn(":htmlSanityCheck-core:publishAllPublicationsToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository",
+            ":htmlSanityCheck-gradle-plugin:publishAllPublicationsToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository",
+            // For some reason it is necessary to add this task explicitly though it should be part of the above "publishAllPubli..." task
             ":htmlSanityCheck-gradle-plugin:publishHtmlSanityCheckPluginMarkerMavenPublicationToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository",
-            ":htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin:publishPluginMavenPublicationToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository",
+            ":htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin:publishAllPublicationsToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository",
     )
 }
 
@@ -347,12 +348,17 @@ clean.dependsOn(cleanIntegrationTest)
 tasks.register("integrationTest") {
     group("Verification")
     description("Run overall integration tests (and publish/install first)")
+    dependsOn(
+            ':publishAllPublicationsToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository',
+            ':htmlSanityCheck-cli:installDist',
+            'integrationTestOnly',
+    )
+    mustRunAfter(':clean')
 }
 
-integrationTest.dependsOn(
-        'publishAllPublicationsToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository',
+integrationTestOnly.mustRunAfter(
+        ':publishAllPublicationsToMyLocalRepositoryForFullIntegrationTestsRepository',
         ':htmlSanityCheck-cli:installDist',
-        'integrationTestOnly',
 )
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/docs/development/publishing.adoc b/src/docs/development/publishing.adoc
index 28dc7044..8cdd1d1c 100644
--- a/src/docs/development/publishing.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/development/publishing.adoc
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Clean, check (test), and perform integration tests:
 
 [source,shell]
 ----
-./gradlew clean check integrationTest
+./gradlew clean && ./gradlew check integrationTest
 ----
 
 [[sec:stage-to-maven-central]]