diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
index c3f0a70..4d73016 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ concurrency:
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash
-    working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
 
 jobs:
   code-quality:
@@ -45,9 +44,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update Adapters and Core branches
         if: ${{ contains(github.event_name, 'workflow_') }}
         run: scripts/update_dev_packages.sh ${{ inputs.dbt_adapters_branch }} "main"
+        working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
 
       - name: Setup `hatch`
         uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/actions/setup-hatch@main
 
       - name: Run code quality
         run: hatch run code-quality
+        working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 1dfbcbe..8e1c20c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -117,9 +117,11 @@ jobs:
             ${{ inputs.dbt_core_branch }} \
             ${{ inputs.dbt_common_branch }}
           cat pyproject.toml
+        working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
 
       - name: Setup postgres
         run: psql -f ./scripts/setup_test_database.sql
+        working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
         env:
           PGHOST: localhost
           PGPORT: 5432
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run integration tests
         run: hatch run integration-tests
+        working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
         env:
           POSTGRES_TEST_HOST: localhost
           POSTGRES_TEST_PORT: 5432
@@ -166,17 +169,20 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Test psycopg2 name - default"
         run: scripts/psycopg2-check.sh
+        working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
         env:
           PSYCOPG2_EXPECTED_NAME: psycopg2-binary
 
       - name: "Test psycopg2 name - invalid override"
         run: scripts/psycopg2-check.sh
+        working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
         env:
           DBT_PSYCOPG2_NAME: rubber-baby-buggy-bumpers
           PSYCOPG2_EXPECTED_NAME: psycopg2-binary
 
       - name: "Test psycopg2 name - override"
         run: scripts/psycopg2-check.sh
+        working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
         env:
           DBT_PSYCOPG2_NAME: psycopg2
           PSYCOPG2_EXPECTED_NAME: psycopg2-binary  # we have not implemented the hook yet, so this doesn't work
@@ -184,6 +190,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Test psycopg2 name - manual override"
         # verify that the workaround documented in the `README.md` continues to work
         run: scripts/psycopg2-check.sh
+        working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
         env:
           PSYCOPG2_WORKAROUND: true
           PSYCOPG2_EXPECTED_NAME: psycopg2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index dbd4e73..be1a519 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ contains(github.event_name, 'pull_request') && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.sha }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-defaults:
-  run:
-    shell: bash
-    working-directory: ./dbt-postgres
-
 jobs:
   unit:
     name: Unit Tests
@@ -43,3 +38,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: hatch run unit-tests
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ./dbt-postgres