diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 97d3e9c274db..4074c47e88e8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Note that to run `test:e2e`, first ensure that the environment is correctly setu
 GETH_DOCKER_IMAGE=ethereum/client-go:v1.11.6  NETHERMIND_DOCKER_IMAGE=nethermind/nethermind:1.18.0 ./scripts/run_e2e_env.sh start
 ```
 
-Similarly, run `yarn download-spec-tests` in both folders `packages/beacon-node` and `packages/validator` before running `yarn test:spec`.
+Similarly, run `yarn download-spec-tests` before running `yarn test:spec`.
 
 Contributing to tests:
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 93b364359a38..5d7a90f27e6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "test:browsers": "lerna run test:browsers",
     "test:e2e": "lerna run test:e2e --concurrency 1",
     "test:e2e:sim": "lerna run test:e2e:sim",
+    "download-spec-tests": "lerna run download-spec-tests",
     "test:spec": "lerna run test:spec",
     "test-coverage:unit": "c8 --config .c8rc.json --report-dir coverage/unit/ --all npm run test:unit",
     "test-coverage:browsers": "c8 --config .c8rc.json --report-dir coverage/browsers/ --all npm run test:browsers",