diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 710b103c..9edb161e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -54,18 +54,6 @@ jobs:
         ls ${{ github.workspace }}
         cat ${{ github.workspace }}/lute/config/config.yml
 
-    # Playwright tests were hanging far too often on github ci,
-    # but not consistently.  No idea what was going wrong.
-    # TODO github ci: fix playwright hanging.
-    - name: Playwright install
-      run: playwright install
-
-    - name: Playwright smoke test
-      run: |
-        set -x
-        set -e
-        inv playwright
-
     - name: Test
       run: |
         # Have to explicitly set MECAB_PATH for natto-py.
@@ -82,6 +70,18 @@ jobs:
         export MECAB_PATH=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmecab.so.2
         inv accept --headless -s
 
+    # Playwright tests were hanging far too often on github ci,
+    # but not consistently.  No idea what was going wrong.
+    # TODO github ci: fix playwright hanging.
+    - name: Playwright install
+      run: playwright install
+
+    - name: Playwright smoke test
+      run: |
+        set -x
+        set -e
+        inv playwright
+
     # Code style etc checks after functionality verified.
     - name: Lint
       run: inv lint