diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 3db46ac2ef..5c7d1bba36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ${{ env.GOPATH }}/src/k8s.io/kops
 
-      - name: make ci
+      - name: make quick-ci
         working-directory: ${{ env.GOPATH }}/src/k8s.io/kops
         run: |
-          make ci
+          make quick-ci
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e90d851fec..c4a03893d3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ govet: ${BINDATA_TARGETS}
 
 # verify is ran by the pull-kops-verify prow job
 .PHONY: verify
-verify: ci verify-gofmt
+verify: quick-ci verify-gofmt
 
 .PHONY: verify-boilerplate
 verify-boilerplate:
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ ci: govet verify-gofmt verify-crds verify-gomod verify-goimports verify-boilerpl
 # we skip tasks that rely on bazel and are covered by other jobs
 # verify-gofmt: uses bazel, covered by pull-kops-verify
 # govet needs to be after verify-goimports because it generates bindata.go
-.PHONY: ci
-ci: verify-crds verify-goimports govet verify-boilerplate verify-bazel verify-misspelling verify-shellcheck verify-bindata | verify-gendocs verify-packages verify-apimachinery
+.PHONY: quick-ci
+quick-ci: verify-crds verify-goimports govet verify-boilerplate verify-bazel verify-misspelling verify-shellcheck verify-bindata | verify-gendocs verify-packages verify-apimachinery
 	echo "Done!"
 
 .PHONY: pr