diff --git a/project.Makefile b/project.Makefile
index 5281dbed..274928a8 100644
--- a/project.Makefile
+++ b/project.Makefile
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ local/nmdc.yaml
 	- $(RUN) linkml-lint $@ > local/with_modifications.lint_report.txt
 
 src/nmdc_submission_schema/schema/nmdc_submission_schema.yaml: local/with_modifications.yaml project/thirdparty/GoldEcosystemTree.json
-	inject-gold-pathway-terms -g $(word 2,$^) -i $< -o $@
+	$(RUN) inject-gold-pathway-terms -g $(word 2,$^) -i $< -o $@
 # remove the multivalued true annotation from these gloabl slot definitions for the sake of linkml-convert
 #   esp to tsv? and dumping to SQLite?
 # follow the .string_serialization=="{text};{float} {unit}" and .multivalued == true pattern?