diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 6e2e24cf..95a0ddc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
   enumerate-wrappers-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      test-list:  ${{ steps.enumerate.outputs.tests }}
+      list:  ${{ steps.enumerate.outputs.tests }}
     steps:
     - name: Check out riot-wrappers
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -73,8 +73,17 @@ jobs:
         cat "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
     - name: Set job summary
       run: |
+        # This doubles as a check to see that our JSON is right
         echo 'Local tests were enumerated to be `${{ toJSON(fromJSON( steps.enumerate.outputs.tests )) }}`' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
+  can-we-read-needs-data:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: enumerate-wrappers-tests
+    steps:
+    - name: Debug
+      run: |
+        echo "plain: ${{ needs.enumerate-wrappers-tests.outputs.list }}"
+
   wrappers-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: enumerate-wrappers-tests
@@ -82,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         board: [native, sltb001a, samr21-xpro, stk3700]
-        testdir: ${{ fromJSON(needs.enumerate-wrappers-tests.outputs.tests-list) }}
+        testdir: ${{ fromJSON(needs.enumerate-wrappers-tests.outputs.list) }}
     steps:
     # common steps start here
     - name: Check out riot-wrappers