diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ca7380205d71..066745b7d6d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ jobs:
       -
         name: Test
         run: |
-          go test -coverprofile=/tmp/coverage.txt $(go list ./... | grep -vE '/vendor/|/e2e/|/cmd/docker-trust')
+          # run in go modules mode to prevent traversing to nested modules
+          ln -s vendor.mod go.mod
+          ln -s vendor.sum go.sum
+          go test -coverprofile=/tmp/coverage.txt $(go list ./... | grep -vE '^github.com/docker/cli/e2e/')
           go tool cover -func=/tmp/coverage.txt
         working-directory: ${{ env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/docker/cli
         shell: bash