diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull-verify.yaml
index 417e9891b..ccd304978 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-verify.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
   call-integration-tests:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/pull-verify/integration-tests.yaml
+
+  call-unit-tests-2:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15b43c6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Unit tests
+
+on: [ workflow_call ]
+
+jobs:
+  operator-unit-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: ../.github/actions/setup-go
+      - name: run test
+        run: make -C components/operator test
+
+  serverless-unit-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: ../.github/actions/setup-go
+      - uses: ../.github/actions/setup-libgit2
+      - name: run test
+        run: make -C components/serverless test
+