diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-everything.yml b/.github/workflows/test-everything.yml
index c3c88375a9cb6a2a5ee11bf62f33e10a2de4e62a..143d04c1f812e3099d342fea4aae333704a3cca7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-everything.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-everything.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ jobs:
           export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PATH"
           mkdir build
           cd build
-          cmake .. -GNinja -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$CXX -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$CC -DARB_WITH_PYTHON=ON -DARB_VECTORIZE=${{ matrix.config.simd }} -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=`which python` -DARB_WITH_MPI=${{ matrix.config.mpi }} -DARB_USE_BUNDLED_LIBS=ON -DARB_WITH_NEUROML=ON
+          cmake .. -GNinja -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$CXX -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$CC -DARB_WITH_PYTHON=ON -DARB_VECTORIZE=${{ matrix.config.simd }} -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=`which python` -DARB_WITH_MPI=${{ matrix.config.mpi }} -DARB_USE_BUNDLED_LIBS=ON -DARB_WITH_NEUROML=ON -DARB_WITH_ASSERTIONS=ON
           ninja -j4 tests examples pyarb html
           cd -
       - if:   ${{ matrix.variant == 'shared' }}
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
           export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PATH"
           mkdir build
           cd build
-          cmake .. -GNinja -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$CXX -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$CC -DARB_WITH_PYTHON=ON -DARB_VECTORIZE=${{ matrix.config.simd }} -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=`which python` -DARB_WITH_MPI=${{ matrix.config.mpi }} -DARB_USE_BUNDLED_LIBS=ON -DARB_WITH_NEUROML=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+          cmake .. -GNinja -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$CXX -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$CC -DARB_WITH_PYTHON=ON -DARB_VECTORIZE=${{ matrix.config.simd }} -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=`which python` -DARB_WITH_MPI=${{ matrix.config.mpi }} -DARB_USE_BUNDLED_LIBS=ON -DARB_WITH_NEUROML=ON  -DARB_WITH_ASSERTIONS=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
           ninja -j4 tests examples pyarb html
           cd -
       - name: Install arbor