diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4f5e161f89..1639a4f5e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,40 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 permissions:
   contents: read # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
 jobs:
+  Setup:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: 16
+          cache: npm
+      - run: npm install --ignore-scripts
+      - run: npm run build
+        env:
+          PUBLISH: true
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          # cache key based on OS as the full path for each OS may be different
+          # and windows is not able to reuse the cache from ubuntu
+          key: output-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ matrix.os }}
+          path: |
+            index.*
+            compiler.*
+            ssr.*
+            action/
+            animate/
+            easing/
+            internal/
+            motion/
+            store/
+            transition/
+            types/
   Tests:
+    needs: Setup
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     strategy:
@@ -16,7 +49,22 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
           cache: npm
-      - run: npm install
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          key: output-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ matrix.os }}
+          path: |
+            index.*
+            compiler.*
+            ssr.*
+            action/
+            animate/
+            easing/
+            internal/
+            motion/
+            store/
+            transition/
+            types/
+      - run: npm install --ignore-scripts
       - run: npm test
         env:
           CI: true
@@ -40,4 +88,5 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-      - run: 'npm i && npm run test:unit'
+      - run: npm install --ignore-scripts
+      - run: npm run test:unit
diff --git a/.mocharc.js b/.mocharc.js
index e55f26099e..449f81ecd6 100644
--- a/.mocharc.js
+++ b/.mocharc.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+const is_unit_test = process.env.UNIT_TEST;
+
 module.exports = {
-	file: [
-		'test/test.ts'
-	],
+	file: is_unit_test ? [] : ['test/test.ts'],
 	require: [
 		'sucrase/register'
 	]
diff --git a/.mocharc.unit.js b/.mocharc.unit.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..387d70e7e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mocharc.unit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module.exports = {
+	spec: [
+		'src/**/__test__.ts',
+	],
+	require: [
+		'sucrase/register'
+	],
+	recursive: true,
+};
+
+// add coverage options when running 'npx c8 mocha'
+if (process.env.NODE_V8_COVERAGE) {
+	module.exports.fullTrace = true;
+	module.exports.require.push('source-map-support/register');
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf6b9e7754..1fcbc8e48e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,14 +87,13 @@
   "types": "types/runtime/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha --exit",
-    "test:unit": "mocha --require sucrase/register --recursive src/**/__test__.ts --exit",
-    "quicktest": "mocha",
+    "test:unit": "mocha --config .mocharc.unit.js --exit",
+    "quicktest": "mocha --exit",
     "build": "rollup -c && npm run tsd",
     "prepare": "npm run build",
     "dev": "rollup -cw",
-    "pretest": "npm run build",
     "posttest": "agadoo internal/index.mjs",
-    "prepublishOnly": "node check_publish_env.js && npm run lint && npm test",
+    "prepublishOnly": "node check_publish_env.js && npm run lint && npm run build && npm test",
     "tsd": "node ./generate-type-definitions.js",
     "lint": "eslint \"{src,test}/**/*.{ts,js}\""
   },