diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5e9ed849e712e8fcf9c93bf55ee49d8f91706094..a57d1ded43ecc4ba9605f1a43a74765822e2a800 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 stages:
-  - test
   - build
+  - test
   - deploy
 
 image: node:20-alpine
@@ -21,22 +21,12 @@ cache:
       # We do not cache node_modules for Angular projects until they are used between several jobs
       # - angular/.npm
 
-test-e2e-playwright:
-  tags:
-    - sncf-runner
-  stage: test
-  image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.57.0-noble
-  script:
-    - npm ci --cache .npm --prefer-offline
-    - npm run generate-design-tokens
-    - npm run test:playwright
-
 build:
   tags:
     - sncf-runner
   stage: build
   artifacts:
-    expire_in: 4 days
+    expire_in: 2 days
     paths:
       - storybook-static/
       - loader/
@@ -45,6 +35,7 @@ build:
       - angular/dist/wcs-angular/
       - angular/dist/wcs-formly/
       - react/dist/
+      - node_modules/
   script:
     # Build wcs core
     - npm ci --cache .npm --prefer-offline --ignore-scripts puppeteer
@@ -61,6 +52,15 @@ build:
     - npm run build
     - cd ..
 
+test-e2e-playwright:
+  tags:
+    - sncf-runner
+  stage: test
+  image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.57.0-noble
+  script:
+    - npm run generate-design-tokens
+    - npm run test:playwright
+
 # Old deploy job for Gitlab Pages, now replaced by deploy-azure (we deploy a redirect page to Gitlab Pages)
 pages:
   tags: