diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lite.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lite.yml
index 32c7bc0cb1..149b915de0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lite.yml
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ jobs:
         #
         # This asserts the calibration still holds. If it fails, every
         # projection built on the simulator is suspect until it is fixed.
-        run: python3 scripts/dep-sim.py --cut-nothing --expect-names 281
+        run: python3 scripts/dep-sim.py --cut-nothing --expect-names 279
 
       - name: Guard — new feature-gated test modules must be acknowledged
         # Self-maintaining coverage: the set of source files that #[cfg]-gate a test on