diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e1a6e629f..18d7cf5d7 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           working_directory: "./common"
           command: |
             yarn test
-            clojure -X:dev:test :patterns '["common-tests.*-test"]'
+            clojure -M:dev:test
 
       - run:
           name: "frontend tests"
diff --git a/common/deps.edn b/common/deps.edn
index b014882f9..704021288 100644
--- a/common/deps.edn
+++ b/common/deps.edn
@@ -76,12 +76,8 @@
    :ns-default build}
 
   :test
-  {:extra-paths ["test"]
-   :extra-deps
-   {io.github.cognitect-labs/test-runner
-    {:git/tag "v0.5.1" :git/sha "dfb30dd"}}
-   :main-opts ["-m" "cognitect.test-runner"]
-   :exec-fn cognitect.test-runner.api/test}
+  {:main-opts ["-m" "kaocha.runner"]
+   :extra-deps {lambdaisland/kaocha {:mvn/version "1.88.1376"}}}
 
   :shadow-cljs
   {:main-opts ["-m" "shadow.cljs.devtools.cli"]}
diff --git a/common/test/common_tests/geom_point_test.cljc b/common/test/common_tests/geom_point_test.cljc
index 0490e1d02..6ba7239f0 100644
--- a/common/test/common_tests/geom_point_test.cljc
+++ b/common/test/common_tests/geom_point_test.cljc
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
     (t/is (mth/close? 1.5 (:x rs)))
     (t/is (mth/close? 3.5 (:y rs)))))
 
-(t/deftest transform-point
+(t/deftest ^:kaocha/skip transform-point
   ;;todo
   )
 
diff --git a/common/tests.edn b/common/tests.edn
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f487a7ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/tests.edn
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#kaocha/v1
+ {:tests [{:id :unit
+           :test-paths ["test"]}]
+  :kaocha/reporter [kaocha.report/dots]}