diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 7c5bf3677..7b2e4497e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -85,4 +85,18 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/jmeos-core/src/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Build with Maven
-        run: mvn clean install
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          mvn clean install | tee "$RUNNER_TEMP/build.log"
+
+      # The build's own summary states two things this job's conclusion does
+      # not: a test reported SKIPPED asserts nothing while the job still reads
+      # success, and a test the run never collects appears in no count at all,
+      # so removing one leaves the skip number at zero. The floor is what
+      # guards the second. Raise it when the suite grows; lowering it belongs
+      # in the commit that accounts for the removal.
+      - name: Refuse a skip, and a suite that shrank
+        uses: MobilityDB/MEOS-API/.github/actions/check-test-outcome@master
+        with:
+          log: ${{ runner.temp }}/build.log
+          min-tests: "1894"