diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-check-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-check-ci.yml
index 2eae6bd46b9..9826ec95153 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-check-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-check-ci.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           cat gradle.properties
 
       - name: Run gradle ${{ matrix.gradle-task }} on java ${{ matrix.test-jvm-version }}
-        run: ./gradlew --scan --continue --rerun-tasks ${{ matrix.gradle-task }} -PtestRuntimeVersion=${{ matrix.test-jvm-version }}
+        run: ./gradlew --scan --continue --rerun-tasks ${{ matrix.gradle-task }}asdf -PtestRuntimeVersion=${{ matrix.test-jvm-version }}
 
       - name: Upload Test Results
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
           webhook-type: webhook-trigger
           payload: |
             {
-              "slack_message": "Nightly build failure in ${{ matrix.gradle-task }} on Java ${{ matrix.test-jvm-version }} @ ${{ github.head_ref }} ${{ github.sha }}" ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+              "slack_message": "TESTING Nightly build failure in ${{ matrix.gradle-task }} on Java ${{ matrix.test-jvm-version }} @ ${{ github.head_ref }} ${{ github.sha }} ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
             }
         env:
           SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_NIGHTLY_FAILURE }}