diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index ea2f418b6..8063d5524 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sarif_file: "trivy-results.sarif"
 
-  integration-test:
+  integration-test: # caching tests are disabled due to slow file I/O in github actions
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -153,5 +153,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run flagd binary in background
         run: ./flagd start -f file:${{ github.workspace }}/test-harness/symlink_testing-flags.json &
 
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: make integration-test
+      - name: Run evaluation test suite
+        run: go test -cover ./tests/integration -run TestEvaluation
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f7e8eb40b..040e807d9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13
 	github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/flagd v0.1.7
-	github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/tests/flagd v1.2.0
+	github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/tests/flagd v1.2.1
 	github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator v0.2.28
 	github.com/open-feature/schemas v0.2.8
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 85361d209..d9ae285cb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -317,10 +317,8 @@ github.com/open-feature/go-sdk v1.1.0 h1:JOOa0AleJFUvnWoF9KWdLqYosi5fDIRBDzPYZPr
 github.com/open-feature/go-sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:R8QJmLdSHFaRdrWtwmp5bVK35Q+O/cEGtYaiy6NM6kc=
 github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/flagd v0.1.7 h1:0s8reX/EfCNV37PsGSr55wUpppPtyp0jZKeuVAaWZ+4=
 github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/flagd v0.1.7/go.mod h1:dHB0hsYykZ1Un+CdnWErqLqUQswUADIvDg2VwDLx7gs=
-github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/tests/flagd v1.1.0 h1:lM+7hfFVwUxQPOyJ9rXn2UR4sCAfOQJKtCU29pU/B+4=
-github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/tests/flagd v1.1.0/go.mod h1:zw/xpuDy9ziBEKVA1t4VoQtzFc80btAAQCiZkX6y9oQ=
-github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/tests/flagd v1.2.0 h1:PBCaJIK6fb5+27m+yBEmjIkLRJ+yZx72mHjcrcy73+Y=
-github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/tests/flagd v1.2.0/go.mod h1:zw/xpuDy9ziBEKVA1t4VoQtzFc80btAAQCiZkX6y9oQ=
+github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/tests/flagd v1.2.1 h1:Tg712Egcqb5dsYxOGEaQbfD3g1mqPFdV4tSmKKKxDPk=
+github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/tests/flagd v1.2.1/go.mod h1:zw/xpuDy9ziBEKVA1t4VoQtzFc80btAAQCiZkX6y9oQ=
 github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator v0.2.28 h1:qzzVq8v9G7aXO7luocO/wQCGnTJjtcQh75mDOqjnFxo=
 github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator v0.2.28/go.mod h1:bQncVK7hvhj5QStPwexxQ1aArPwox2Y1vWrVei/qIFg=
 github.com/open-feature/schemas v0.2.8 h1:oA75hJXpOd9SFgmNI2IAxWZkwzQPUDm7Jyyh3q489wM=