diff --git a/.github/workflows/gotest.yml b/.github/workflows/gotest.yml
index 5452f3dec..ca2c6dd0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gotest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gotest.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: Install missing tools
         run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y zsh
-      - name: Run unit tests 👉️ Summary (top left) → «Failures/Errors» table
+      - name: Run unit tests
         run: |
           make test_unit &&
             [[ ! $(jq -s -c 'map(select(.Action == "fail")) | .[]' test/unit/gotest.json) ]]
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: Install missing tools
         run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y zsh
-      - name: Run CLI tests 👉️ Summary (top left) → «Failures/Errors» table
+      - name: Run CLI tests
         env:
           IPFS_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/ipfs-test
         run: make test_cli
diff --git a/mk/golang.mk b/mk/golang.mk
index 86ef5c54d..0bc14c87d 100644
--- a/mk/golang.mk
+++ b/mk/golang.mk
@@ -44,18 +44,19 @@ endef
 # Only disable colors when running in CI (non-interactive terminal)
 GOTESTSUM_NOCOLOR := $(if $(CI),--no-color,)
 
-# Unit tests with coverage (excludes test/cli which has separate target)
+# Unit tests with coverage (excludes packages that need ipfs binary)
 # Produces JSON for CI reporting and coverage profile for Codecov
 test_unit: test/bin/gotestsum $$(DEPS_GO)
 	rm -f test/unit/gotest.json coverage/unit_tests.coverprofile
-	gotestsum $(GOTESTSUM_NOCOLOR) --jsonfile test/unit/gotest.json -- $(go-flags-with-tags) $(GOTFLAGS) -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=coverage/unit_tests.coverprofile -coverpkg=./... $$($(GOCC) list ./... | grep -v '/test/cli')
+	gotestsum $(GOTESTSUM_NOCOLOR) --jsonfile test/unit/gotest.json -- $(go-flags-with-tags) $(GOTFLAGS) -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=coverage/unit_tests.coverprofile -coverpkg=./... $$($(GOCC) list ./... | grep -v '/test/cli' | grep -v '/client/rpc')
 .PHONY: test_unit
 
-# CLI integration tests (requires built binary in PATH)
+# CLI/integration tests (requires built binary in PATH)
+# Includes test/cli and client/rpc (which uses test/cli/harness)
 # Produces JSON for CI reporting
 test_cli: cmd/ipfs/ipfs test/bin/gotestsum
 	rm -f test/cli/cli-tests.json
-	PATH="$(CURDIR)/cmd/ipfs:$(CURDIR)/test/bin:$$PATH" gotestsum $(GOTESTSUM_NOCOLOR) --jsonfile test/cli/cli-tests.json -- -v ./test/cli/...
+	PATH="$(CURDIR)/cmd/ipfs:$(CURDIR)/test/bin:$$PATH" gotestsum $(GOTESTSUM_NOCOLOR) --jsonfile test/cli/cli-tests.json -- -v ./test/cli/... ./client/rpc/...
 .PHONY: test_cli
 
 # Build kubo for all platforms from .github/build-platforms.yml
diff --git a/test/dependencies/go.mod b/test/dependencies/go.mod
index 826fd60eb..75bbdf72c 100644
--- a/test/dependencies/go.mod
+++ b/test/dependencies/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/iptb-plugins v0.5.1
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.16.1
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.3
-	gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.12.3
+	gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.13.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/test/dependencies/go.sum b/test/dependencies/go.sum
index 829479591..78d6acaef 100644
--- a/test/dependencies/go.sum
+++ b/test/dependencies/go.sum
@@ -985,8 +985,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.12.3 h1:jFwenGJ0RnPkuKh2VzAYl1mDOJgbhobBDeL2W1iEycs=
-gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.12.3/go.mod h1:Y1+e0Iig4xIRtdmYbEV7K7H6spnjc1fX4BOuUhWw2Wk=
+gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.13.0 h1:+Lh454O9mu9AMG1APV4o0y7oDYKyik/3kBOiCqiEpRo=
+gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.13.0/go.mod h1:7f0NS5hFb0dWr4NtcsAsF0y1kzjEFfAil0HiBQJE03Q=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2 h1:7koQfIKdy+I8UTetycgUqXWSDwpgv193Ka+qRsmBY8Q=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2/go.mod h1:LtdLGcnqToBH83WByAAi/wiwSFCArdFIUV/xxN4pcjA=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.6.1 h1:R094WgE8K4JirYjBaOpz/AvTyUu/3wbmAoskKN/pxTI=