diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index e95168f62..c23dc51c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ jobs:
           cache: yarn
           node-version: 20
 
+      # This is temporary to fix flaky parallel tests due to `secret_key_base` being read before it's set
+      - name: Create local secret
+        run: |
+          echo $(ruby -e "require 'securerandom'; puts SecureRandom.hex(64)") > tmp/local_secret.txt
+
       - name: Create database
         run: |
           bundle exec rake parallel:setup
@@ -69,11 +74,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bundle exec rake assets:precompile
 
-      # This is temporary to fix flaky parallel tests due to `secret_key_base` being read before it's set
-      - name: Create local secret
-        run: |
-          echo $(ruby -e "require 'securerandom'; puts SecureRandom.hex(64)") > tmp/local_secret.txt
-
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           bundle exec rake parallel:spec['spec\/(?!features|models|requests|services)']
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ jobs:
           cache: yarn
           node-version: 20
 
+      - name: Create local secret
+        run: |
+          echo $(ruby -e "require 'securerandom'; puts SecureRandom.hex(64)") > tmp/local_secret.txt
+
       - name: Create database
         run: |
           bundle exec rake parallel:setup
@@ -249,10 +253,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bundle exec rake assets:precompile
 
-      - name: Create local secret
-        run: |
-          echo $(ruby -e "require 'securerandom'; puts SecureRandom.hex(64)") > tmp/local_secret.txt
-
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           bundle exec rake parallel:spec['spec/requests']
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ jobs:
           cache: yarn
           node-version: 20
 
+      - name: Create local secret
+        run: |
+          echo $(ruby -e "require 'securerandom'; puts SecureRandom.hex(64)") > tmp/local_secret.txt
+
       - name: Create database
         run: |
           bundle exec rake parallel:setup
@@ -312,10 +316,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bundle exec rake assets:precompile
 
-      - name: Create local secret
-        run: |
-          echo $(ruby -e "require 'securerandom'; puts SecureRandom.hex(64)") > tmp/local_secret.txt
-
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           bundle exec rake parallel:spec['spec\/services']