diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-node.yml b/.github/workflows/test-node.yml
index 21cc501ddc..53a5073ae8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-node.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       WAKUNODE_IMAGE: ${{ inputs.nim_wakunode_image }}
+      REPORT_PATH: packages/tests/reports/mocha-results.json
+      GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: read
@@ -47,6 +49,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: npm run build:esm
 
+      - name: Create reports directory
+        run: mkdir -p packages/tests/reports
+
       - run: ${{ (inputs.test_type == 'node-optional') && 'npm run test:optional --workspace=@waku/tests' || 'npm run test:node' }}
 
       - name: Test Report
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         if: success() || failure()
         with:
           name: Test Report - ${{ inputs.test_type }}
-          path: 'packages/tests/reports/mocha-*.json'
+          path: packages/tests/reports/mocha-results.json
           reporter: mocha-json
           fail-on-error: true
 
diff --git a/packages/tests/.mocharc.cjs b/packages/tests/.mocharc.cjs
index 24e090abdd..eb30d3df8e 100644
--- a/packages/tests/.mocharc.cjs
+++ b/packages/tests/.mocharc.cjs
@@ -15,13 +15,27 @@ if (process.env.CI) {
   config.parallel = true;
   config.jobs = 6;
   console.log("Using multi reporters for test results");
-  config.reporter = 'mocha-multi-reporters';
-  config.reporterOptions = {
-    reporterEnabled: 'spec, json',
-    jsonReporterOptions: {
-      output: 'reports/mocha-results.json'
+  config.reporter = 'spec';
+
+  // Write JSON results to file without printing to console
+  if (process.env.REPORT_PATH) {
+    const fs = require('fs');
+    const path = require('path');
+    const reportDir = path.dirname(process.env.REPORT_PATH);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(reportDir)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(reportDir, { recursive: true });
     }
-  };
+    config.reporter = 'mocha-multi-reporters';
+    config.reporterOptions = {
+      reporterEnabled: 'spec, json',
+      reporterOptions: {
+        json: {
+          stdout: '/dev/null',  // Don't print JSON to stdout
+          options: { output: process.env.REPORT_PATH }
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  }
 } else {
   console.log("Running tests serially. To enable parallel execution update mocha config");
 }
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/run-tests.js b/packages/tests/src/run-tests.js
index db9547f876..6605baeced 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/run-tests.js
+++ b/packages/tests/src/run-tests.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import { exec, spawn } from "child_process";
-import { mkdir } from "fs/promises";
-import { dirname } from "path";
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { dirname, join, resolve } from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import { promisify } from "util";
 
 const execAsync = promisify(exec);
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+// Ensure paths are absolute and relative to the package root
+const PACKAGE_ROOT = resolve(__dirname, "..");
+const getPackagePath = (path) => resolve(PACKAGE_ROOT, path);
 
 const WAKUNODE_IMAGE = process.env.WAKUNODE_IMAGE || "wakuorg/nwaku:v0.31.0";
 
@@ -26,18 +32,38 @@ async function main() {
   ];
 
   if (process.env.CI) {
-    const reportPath = "reports/mocha-results.json";
-    await mkdir(dirname(reportPath), { recursive: true });
+    const reportsDir = getPackagePath("reports");
+    const reportFile = resolve(reportsDir, "mocha-results.json");
+    const configFile = resolve(reportsDir, "config.json");
 
+    await mkdir(reportsDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    // Create a clean reporter config
+    const reporterConfig = {
+      reporterEnabled: "spec",
+      reporterOptions: {
+        json: {
+          stdout: false,
+          options: {
+            output: reportFile
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    // Write the config file
+    await writeFile(configFile, JSON.stringify(reporterConfig, null, 2));
+
+    // Add a separate JSON reporter directly
     mochaArgs.push(
-      "--reporter",
-      "json",
       "--reporter-option",
-      `output=${reportPath}`,
-      "--parallel",
-      "--jobs",
-      "6"
+      `output=${reportFile}`,
+      "--reporter",
+      "json"
     );
+  } else {
+    // In non-CI environments, just use spec reporter
+    mochaArgs.push("--reporter", "spec");
   }
 
   // Add test files
@@ -48,7 +74,7 @@ async function main() {
   }
   mochaArgs.push(...testFiles);
 
-  console.log("Running mocha with args:", mochaArgs);
+  console.info("Running mocha with args:", mochaArgs);
 
   // Run mocha tests
   const mocha = spawn("npx", mochaArgs, {