diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 97145afe92ee1f5432562b1340ee56c8ebe8467c..92a2bcee269b412b3a4ee4ac8c5c4d2733b2c63a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,38 +37,14 @@ build:emscripten:
         -G Ninja
     - echo "=== Build (Emscripten) ===" && time ninja -j$(nproc)
 
-test:variant:
+test:
   stage: test
   needs: ["build:linux"]
   script:
-    - cd build && time ./tests/variant_test --log_level=test_suite
-
-test:sha:
-  stage: test
-  needs: ["build:linux"]
-  script:
-    - cd build && time ./tests/sha_test
-
-test:hmac:
-  stage: test
-  needs: ["build:linux"]
-  script:
-    - cd build && time ./tests/hmac_test
-
-test:saturation:
-  stage: test
-  needs: ["build:linux"]
-  script:
-    - cd build && time ./tests/saturation_test
-
-test:ecdsa:
-  stage: test
-  needs: ["build:linux"]
-  script:
-    - cd build && time ./tests/ecdsa_canon_test
-
-test:ecc:
-  stage: test
-  needs: ["build:linux"]
-  script:
-    - cd build && time ./tests/ecc_test testpassword /tmp/ecc_interop.dat
+    - cd build
+    - echo "=== variant_test ===" && time ./tests/variant_test --log_level=test_suite
+    - echo "=== sha_test ===" && time ./tests/sha_test
+    - echo "=== hmac_test ===" && time ./tests/hmac_test
+    - echo "=== saturation_test ===" && time ./tests/saturation_test
+    - echo "=== ecdsa_canon_test ===" && time ./tests/ecdsa_canon_test
+    - echo "=== ecc_test ===" && time ./tests/ecc_test testpassword /tmp/ecc_interop.dat
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 25d85c12c038994153f1636c323a69a3c668e398..aaa303bc03f7fb67c8ad8d9aae1766eeac37033e 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -190,16 +190,12 @@ build stage (parallel):
 ├── build:linux        (~1m 15s) - full build, artifacts for tests
 └── build:emscripten   (~20s)    - minimal/WASM compilation check
 
-test stage (parallel, after build:linux):
-├── test:variant   - fc::variant tests (25 cases)
-├── test:sha       - SHA hash tests
-├── test:hmac      - HMAC tests
-├── test:saturation
-├── test:ecdsa     - ECDSA canonicalization
-└── test:ecc       - ECC interoperability
+test stage (after build:linux):
+└── test (~10s) - runs all tests serially:
+    variant_test, sha_test, hmac_test, saturation_test, ecdsa_canon_test, ecc_test
 ```
 
-**Total pipeline time: ~1m 40s**
+**Total pipeline time: ~1m 30s**
 
 ### Emscripten/WASM Build