diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index ec5c134845c..c011bedf276 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: run CLDR console check
-        run: java -DCLDR_GITHUB_ANNOTATIONS=true -DCLDR_DIR=$(pwd) -Xmx6g -jar tools/cldr-code/target/cldr-code.jar check -S common,seed -e -z BUILD
+        run: java -DCLDR_GITHUB_ANNOTATIONS=true -DCLDR_DIR=$(pwd) -Xmx6g -jar tools/cldr-code/target/cldr-code.jar check -S common,seed -e -z FINAL_TESTING
   deploy:
     # don't run deploy on manual builds!
     if: github.repository == 'unicode-org/cldr' && github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event.inputs.git-ref == ''