diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index d44547c5ba..3e54baffd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -217,10 +217,20 @@ jobs:
           . $CONDA/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
           conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
           gdb --batch -ex r -ex 'info sharedlibrary' -ex 'set print elements 1000' -ex bt --args ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/python -m pytest -q -ra --disable-warnings --pyargs dpctl.tests.elementwise.test_trigonometric::test_trig_order -vv || true
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: List directory of checkout
+        run: ls -l dpctl
       - name: Create test temp dir
         # create temporary empty folder to runs tests from
         # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/11904
         run: mkdir -p ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/test_tmp
+      - name: Create symbolic link to checked-out tests folder
+        run: ln -s ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/dpctl/dpctl/tests/ ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/test_tmp/dpctl_tests
+      - name: List directory of temp_tmp
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/test_tmp
+        run: ls -l
       - name: Run tests
         working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/test_tmp
         env:
@@ -228,7 +238,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           . $CONDA/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
           conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
-          python -m pytest -v --pyargs $MODULE_NAME --skip-known-top-k-failures-on-cpu
+          python -m pytest -v --skip-known-top-k-failures-on-cpu dpctl_tests
 
   test_windows:
     needs: build_windows
@@ -382,6 +392,10 @@ jobs:
         run: >-
           conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} && python -m dpctl -f
 
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
       - name: Create empty temporary directory to run tests from
         shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
         # create temporary empty folder to runs tests from
@@ -389,17 +403,26 @@ jobs:
         run: >-
           mkdir "${{ env.workdir }}\test_tmp"
 
+      - name: Copy tests from checkout
+        shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
+        run: >-
+          xcopy /S "{{ env.workdir }}\dpctl\dpctl\tests" "${{ env.workdir }}\test_tmp"
+
       - name: List content of workdir folder
         shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
         run: dir "${{ env.workdir }}"
 
+      - name: List content of test_tmp folder
+        shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
+        run: dir "${{ env.workdir }}\test_tmp"
+
       - name: Run tests
         shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
         env:
           SYCL_CACHE_PERSISTENT: 1
         working-directory: ${{ env.workdir }}\test_tmp
         run: >-
-          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} && python -m pytest -v -s --pyargs ${{ env.MODULE_NAME }} --skip-known-top-k-failures-on-cpu
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} && python -m pytest -v -s --skip-known-top-k-failures-on-cpu --pyargs ${{ env.MODULE_NAME }}
 
   upload_linux:
     needs: test_linux