diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples.yml b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
index 9a60144b0b..b0219b5d68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
@@ -9,27 +9,39 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
-  test-examples:
-    name: Test example ${{ matrix.example.name }}
+  build:
+    name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        example:
-          - name: js-libp2p-example-chat
-            repo: https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-example-chat.git
-            deps: |
-              @libp2p/peer-id-factory@/home/runner/work/js-libp2p/js-libp2p/packages/peer-id-factory,
-              @libp2p/tcp@/home/runner/work/js-libp2p/js-libp2p/packages/transport-tcp,
-              @libp2p/websockets@/home/runner/work/js-libp2p/js-libp2p/packages/transport-websockets,
-              libp2p@/home/runner/work/js-libp2p/js-libp2p/packages/libp2p
-          - name: js-libp2p-example-circuit-relay
-            repo: https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-example-circuit-relay.git
-            deps: libp2p@$PWD/packages/libp2p,@libp2p/websockets@$PWD/packages/transport-websockets
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
       - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
-      - run: npx xvfb-maybe npm run test:external -- ${{ matrix.example.repo }} --deps '${{ matrix.example.deps }}'
+
+      test-examples:
+        name: Test example ${{ matrix.example.name }}
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        continue-on-error: true
+        strategy:
+          matrix:
+            example:
+              - name: js-libp2p-example-chat
+                repo: https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-example-chat.git
+                deps:
+                  - '@libp2p/peer-id-factory@/home/runner/work/js-libp2p/js-libp2p/packages/peer-id-factory'
+                  - '@libp2p/tcp@/home/runner/work/js-libp2p/js-libp2p/packages/transport-tcp'
+                  - '@libp2p/websockets@/home/runner/work/js-libp2p/js-libp2p/packages/transport-websockets'
+                  - 'libp2p@/home/runner/work/js-libp2p/js-libp2p/packages/libp2p'
+              - name: js-libp2p-example-circuit-relay
+                repo: https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-example-circuit-relay.git
+                deps:
+                  - '@libp2p/websockets@$PWD/packages/transport-websockets'
+                  - 'libp2p@$PWD/packages/libp2p'
+        steps:
+          - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+            with:
+              node-version: lts/*
+          - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
+          - run: npx xvfb-maybe npm run test:external -- ${{ matrix.example.repo }} --deps '${{ join(matrix.example.deps, ',') }}'