diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5f32f0b8c6..98aeffcaf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run test_netcdf manually
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          python -c "import test_netcdf; test_netcdf()"
+          python -c "import test_netcdf; test_netcdf.test_netcdf()"
       - name: Run unit tests - test_netcdf
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |