diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/release_nightly.yml
index 80e6534e70e8f7169514fb8cc569f7b11488cd88..597bb60b7d116366332cbc4b1adb3098687b5210 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_nightly.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./script/clippy
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
     - name: steps::cargo_install_nextest
-      run: cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
+      run: cargo nextest || cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
     - name: steps::clear_target_dir_if_large
       run: ./script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than 300
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./script/clippy.ps1
       shell: pwsh
     - name: steps::cargo_install_nextest
-      run: cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
+      run: cargo nextest || cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
       shell: pwsh
     - name: steps::clear_target_dir_if_large
       run: ./script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than.ps1 250
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index 48f86f417c04cd72c1824b2e7aa27eec606806b8..2d4bf65e619c84b38a8ae89f8e547c70a910b3ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./script/clippy.ps1
       shell: pwsh
     - name: steps::cargo_install_nextest
-      run: cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
+      run: cargo nextest || cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
       shell: pwsh
     - name: steps::clear_target_dir_if_large
       run: ./script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than.ps1 250
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./script/clippy
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
     - name: steps::cargo_install_nextest
-      run: cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
+      run: cargo nextest || cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
     - name: steps::clear_target_dir_if_large
       run: ./script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than 100
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./script/clippy
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
     - name: steps::cargo_install_nextest
-      run: cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
+      run: cargo nextest || cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
     - name: steps::clear_target_dir_if_large
       run: ./script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than 300
diff --git a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/steps.rs b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/steps.rs
index bad637030d433b8406defeae560f147fa3fc5eaa..88aa4c410d68e33afd4793e29481ee381cc720f3 100644
--- a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/steps.rs
+++ b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/steps.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ pub fn cargo_fmt() -> Step<Run> {
 }
 
 pub fn cargo_install_nextest(platform: Platform) -> Step<Run> {
-    named::run(platform, "cargo install cargo-nextest --locked")
+    named::run(
+        platform,
+        "cargo nextest || cargo install cargo-nextest --locked",
+    )
 }
 
 pub fn cargo_nextest(platform: Platform) -> Step<Run> {