diff --git a/.github/workflows/firebaseai.yml b/.github/workflows/firebaseai.yml
index d4f2ba1cce1..a8fb9f3117f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/firebaseai.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/firebaseai.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     - '.github/workflows/firebaseai.yml'
     - '.github/workflows/common.yml'
     - '.github/workflows/common_cocoapods.yml'
+    - 'scripts/build.sh'
     - 'scripts/quickstart_build_spm.sh'
     - 'scripts/update_firebase_spm_dependency.sh'
     - 'Gemfile*'
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index b50583167c9..f9a79ef0960 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ case "$product-$platform-$method" in
       -project 'FirebaseAI/Tests/TestApp/FirebaseAITestApp.xcodeproj' \
       -scheme "FirebaseAITestApp-SPM" \
       "${xcb_flags[@]}" \
-      build
+      build-for-testing
 
     # Run tests
     RunXcodebuild \
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ case "$product-$platform-$method" in
       -parallel-testing-enabled NO \
       -retry-tests-on-failure \
       -test-iterations 3 \
-      test
+      test-without-building
     ;;
 
   Sessions-*-integration)