diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index bb46184f64..2a90352531 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ jobs:
           terraform_version: ${{ env.TF_VERSION }}
           terraform_wrapper: false
 
+      # avoid conflicts with user-installed providers on local machines
       - name: Pin provider versions
         run: |
-          sed -i 's/>=\(.*# tftest\)/=\1/g' default-versions.tf
-          find -name versions.tf -exec cp default-versions.tf {} \;
+          for f in $(find . -name versions.tf); do
+            sed -i 's/>=\(.*# tftest\)/=\1/g' $f;
+          done
 
       - name: Run tests on documentation examples
         id: pytest
@@ -87,10 +89,12 @@ jobs:
           terraform_version: ${{ env.TF_VERSION }}
           terraform_wrapper: false
 
+      # avoid conflicts with user-installed providers on local machines
       - name: Pin provider versions
         run: |
-          sed -i 's/>=\(.*# tftest\)/=\1/g' default-versions.tf
-          find -name versions.tf -exec cp default-versions.tf {} \;
+          for f in $(find . -name versions.tf); do
+            sed -i 's/>=\(.*# tftest\)/=\1/g' $f;
+          done
 
       - name: Run tests environments
         id: pytest
@@ -120,10 +124,12 @@ jobs:
           terraform_version: ${{ env.TF_VERSION }}
           terraform_wrapper: false
 
+      # avoid conflicts with user-installed providers on local machines
       - name: Pin provider versions
         run: |
-          sed -i 's/>=\(.*# tftest\)/=\1/g' default-versions.tf
-          find -name versions.tf -exec cp default-versions.tf {} \;
+          for f in $(find . -name versions.tf); do
+            sed -i 's/>=\(.*# tftest\)/=\1/g' $f;
+          done
 
       - name: Run tests modules
         id: pytest
@@ -153,10 +159,12 @@ jobs:
           terraform_version: ${{ env.TF_VERSION }}
           terraform_wrapper: false
 
+      # avoid conflicts with user-installed providers on local machines
       - name: Pin provider versions
         run: |
-          sed -i 's/>=\(.*# tftest\)/=\1/g' default-versions.tf
-          find -name versions.tf -exec cp default-versions.tf {} \;
+          for f in $(find . -name versions.tf); do
+            sed -i 's/>=\(.*# tftest\)/=\1/g' $f;
+          done
 
       - name: Run tests on FAST stages
         id: pytest
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 48498db553..a5ded0707f 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -145,3 +145,8 @@ def run_apply(fixture_path=None, **tf_vars):
       return apply, output
 
   return run_apply
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def basedir():
+  return BASEDIR
diff --git a/tests/fast/stages/s00_cicd/test_providers.py b/tests/fast/stages/s00_cicd/test_providers.py
index f2b39e9126..e45c869e3d 100644
--- a/tests/fast/stages/s00_cicd/test_providers.py
+++ b/tests/fast/stages/s00_cicd/test_providers.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import pathlib
+import os
 '''
 github = {
   source  = "integrations/github"
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@
 }
 '''
 
-# def test_providers():
-#   "Test providers file."
-#   p = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[4]
-#   with (p / 'fast/stages/00-cicd/versions.tf').open() as f:
-#     data = f.read()
-#     assert 'integrations/github' in data
-#     assert 'gitlabhq/gitlab' in data
+
+def test_providers(basedir):
+  "Test providers file."
+  p = os.path.join(basedir, 'fast/stages/00-cicd/versions.tf')
+  with open(p) as f:
+    data = f.read()
+    assert 'integrations/github' in data
+    assert 'gitlabhq/gitlab' in data