diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 563633ba7e189..499ad3842d31f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     #   run: sudo PATH=$PATH $(which node) . run tap -- "test/tap/*.js" --coverage  --timeout 600
 
     - name: Lint
-      run: npx standard
+      run: node . run lint
 
     - name: Validate licenses
       run: node . run licenses
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c5843fb74fe7f..401588b088599 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@
     "licenses": "licensee --production --errors-only",
     "tap": "tap -J --timeout 300 --no-esm",
     "tap-cover": "tap -J --nyc-arg=--cache --coverage --timeout 600 --no-esm",
-    "pretest": "standard",
+    "lint": "standard",
+    "pretest": "npm run lint",
     "test": "npm run test-tap --",
     "test:nocleanup": "NO_TEST_CLEANUP=1 npm run test --",
     "sudotest": "sudo npm run tap -- \"test/tap/*.js\"",