diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index e21d40a9..67c7b082 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -56,3 +56,21 @@ jobs:
             - name: clear docker volumes
               if: ${{ always() }}
               run: dev/bin/docker-compose down --volumes
+
+
+    # This is a "trick", a meta task which does not change, and we can use in
+    # the protected branch rules as opposed to the individual tests which
+    # may change regularly.
+    validate-tests:
+        name: tests status
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        needs: [ tests ]
+        if: always()
+        steps:
+            - name: Successful run
+              if: ${{ !(contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')) }}
+              run: exit 0
+
+            - name: Failing run
+              if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+              run: exit 1
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index acb20aca..19c7eb4d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@
         "psr-4": { "League\\Bundle\\OAuth2ServerBundle\\Tests\\": "tests/" }
     },
     "config": {
-        "sort-packages": true,
-        "allow-plugins": {
-            "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": true
-        }
+        "sort-packages": true
     },
     "extra": {
         "branch-alias": {