diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
index bb441c54bb..573e7b7e9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ jobs:
       name: Setup outputs
       run: ./.github/scripts/get_runner_classes.sh
 
-  always-fail:
+  always-pass:
     needs:
       - conditional-skip
       - setup
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - run: echo "failing!" && sleep 20s && exit 1
+      - run: echo "success!"
 
   # This is job is required for branch protection as a required gihub check
   # because GitHub actions show up as checks at the job level and not the
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
     - conditional-skip
     - setup
-    - always-fail
+    - always-pass
     # - go-test-s390x
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
     if: always() && needs.conditional-skip.outputs.skip-ci != 'true'