diff --git a/openbis_ng_ui/build.gradle b/openbis_ng_ui/build.gradle
index 65027f214ce303ec5a4b5da9198f61aef8057374..e42b1e0fb666896949db30b66281a5dcd16ef34b 100644
--- a/openbis_ng_ui/build.gradle
+++ b/openbis_ng_ui/build.gradle
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ task copyWebApp(type: Copy) {
   into file('build/core-plugins/openbis-ng-ui/1/as/webapps/openbis-ng-ui/html')
 }
 
+task test {
+  dependsOn npm_run_test
+}
+
 npm_run_build.dependsOn cleanBuild
 copyCorePlugins.dependsOn npm_run_build
 copyWebApp.dependsOn copyCorePlugins
 build.dependsOn copyWebApp
-build.dependsOn npm_run_test
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+build.dependsOn test
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