diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a008ba5..a475192 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ jobs:
   integration:
     name: Integration Test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [test, fmt, clippy, security-audit]  # Only run after other tests pass
     services:
       registry:
         image: registry:2
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ jobs:
   extended-platforms:
     name: Extended Platform Support
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [test, fmt, clippy, security-audit]  # Only run after basic tests pass
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
     - name: Install Rust
@@ -221,8 +219,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test multi-platform build with Alpine base
       run: |
         # Test that platform detection works (even if we can't build all platforms)
-        cd example/alpine-base
-        ../target/release/krust build --no-push --image test.local/alpine-test:latest . 2>&1 | tee build.log
+        ./target/release/krust build --no-push --image test.local/alpine-test:latest ./example/alpine-base 2>&1 | tee build.log
 
         # Verify platform detection happened
         grep -q "Detecting available platforms from base image: alpine:latest" build.log