diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3d5bd82..d08ceb4 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -16,27 +16,29 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     docker: *shared_docker
     steps:
-      - run: yarn lint && yarn format:check
+      - checkout # check out the code in the project directory
+      - run: yarn global add node-gyp && yarn install
       - restore_cache:
           keys:
             - npm-v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
 
+      - run: yarn lint && yarn format:check
+
   test:
     docker: *shared_docker
     steps:
-      - run: yarn test:ci
+      - checkout # check out the code in the project directory
+      - run: yarn global add node-gyp && yarn install
       - restore_cache:
           keys:
             - npm-v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
 
+      - run: yarn test:ci
+
 workflows:
   version: 2
   build_test:
     jobs:
       - build
-      - lint:
-          requires:
-            - build
-      - test:
-          requires:
-            - build
+      - lint
+      - test