diff --git a/src/runtime/.gitignore b/src/runtime/.gitignore
index a8942b24d9..17686ab0fe 100644
--- a/src/runtime/.gitignore
+++ b/src/runtime/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 *.o
 *.patch
 *.swp
+coverage.txt
+coverage.html
 .git-commit
 .git-commit.tmp
 /cli/config/configuration-acrn.toml
diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index 14a0ea4799..bff8806315 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ check: check-go-static
 test: go-test
 
 go-test: $(GENERATED_FILES)
-	$(QUIET_TEST).ci/go-test.sh
+	go test -v -mod=vendor ./...
 
 check-go-static:
 	$(QUIET_CHECK).ci/static-checks.sh
@@ -676,7 +676,8 @@ check-go-static:
 	$(QUIET_CHECK).ci/go-no-os-exit.sh ./virtcontainers
 
 coverage:
-	$(QUIET_TEST).ci/go-test.sh html-coverage
+	go test -v -mod=vendor -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=coverage.txt ./...
+	go tool cover -html=coverage.txt -o coverage.html
 
 install: default install-runtime install-containerd-shim-v2 install-netmon