diff --git a/.github/workflows/generator.yaml b/.github/workflows/generator.yaml
index 5f018f76c..c8ec9c80d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generator.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generator.yaml
@@ -25,61 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           generator/go.sum
     - name: Display Go version
       run: go version
-    - run: go mod tidy
-    - run: go test ./...
-
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        go-version: [ '1.23' ]
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: generator
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Setup Go ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-      with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-        cache-dependency-path: |
-          generator/go.sum
-    - name: Display Go version
-      run: go version
-    - run: go mod tidy
     - run: go fmt ./...
-    - run: go vet ./...
-    - run: |
-        # unparam does not seem to have releases. Using `latest` sounds risky.
-        go install mvdan.cc/unparam@57a3b4290ba3724102fdbbe72314f2b782d4bef5
-        unparam ./...
-    - name: Run `staticcheck`
-      uses: dominikh/staticcheck-action@v1.3.0
-      with:
-          install-go: false
-          cache-key: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-          working-directory: generator
+    - run: go test ./...
     - name: Detect Changes
       run: git diff --exit-code
-
-  vuln:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        go-version: [ '1.23' ]
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: generator
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Setup Go ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-      with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-        cache-dependency-path: |
-          generator/go.sum
-    - name: Display Go version
-      run: go version
-    - run: |
-        go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@v1.1.3
-        govulncheck ./...
diff --git a/generator/all_test.go b/generator/all_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c75e3cb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generator/all_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package main_test
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestStaticCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	rungo(t, "run", "honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@v0.5.1", "./...")
+}
+
+func TestUnparam(t *testing.T) {
+	rungo(t, "run", "mvdan.cc/unparam@v0.0.0-20240917084806-57a3b4290ba3", "./...")
+}
+
+func TestVet(t *testing.T) {
+	rungo(t, "vet", "-all", "./...")
+}
+
+func TestGoModTidy(t *testing.T) {
+	rungo(t, "mod", "tidy", "-diff")
+}
+
+func TestGovulncheck(t *testing.T) {
+	rungo(t, "run", "golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@v1.1.3", "./...")
+}
+
+func rungo(t *testing.T, args ...string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("go", args...)
+	if output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		if ee := (*exec.ExitError)(nil); errors.As(err, &ee) && len(ee.Stderr) > 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("%v: %v\n%s", cmd, err, ee.Stderr)
+		}
+		t.Fatalf("%v: %v\n%s", cmd, err, output)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/generator/go.mod b/generator/go.mod
index f51ee5eef..4e1bfa4af 100644
--- a/generator/go.mod
+++ b/generator/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.23.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/cbroglie/mustache v1.4.0
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5
 	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.3.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241021214115-324edc3d5d38
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
diff --git a/generator/go.sum b/generator/go.sum
index 8dfef8817..201e3c302 100644
--- a/generator/go.sum
+++ b/generator/go.sum
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 github.com/cbroglie/mustache v1.4.0 h1:Azg0dVhxTml5me+7PsZ7WPrQq1Gkf3WApcHMjMprYoU=
 github.com/cbroglie/mustache v1.4.0/go.mod h1:SS1FTIghy0sjse4DUVGV1k/40B1qE1XkD9DtDsHo9iM=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.3.0 h1:nTXanmYxhfFAMjZL34Ov6gkzEsSJZ5DbhxWjvSASxEI=
 github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.3.0/go.mod h1:iwCmte+B7n89clKwxIoIXy/HfoL7AsD47ZCWhYzw7ho=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241021214115-324edc3d5d38 h1:2oV8dfuIkM1Ti7DwXc0BJfnwr9csz4TDXI9EmiI+Rbw=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241021214115-324edc3d5d38/go.mod h1:vuAjtvlwkDKF6L1GQ0SokiRLCGFfeBUXWr/aFFkHACc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 h1:m3LfL6/Ca+fqnjnlqQXNpFPABW1UD7mjh8KO2mKFytA=