diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-linux-stable.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-linux-stable.yml
index 55addf11de06..85dce41bf1eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-linux-stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-linux-stable.yml
@@ -71,3 +71,40 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: script
         run: time forklift cargo nextest run --workspace --features runtime-benchmarks benchmark --locked --cargo-profile testnet
+
+  test-linux-stable:
+    needs: [set-image, changes]
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.rust }}
+    runs-on: arc-runners-polkadot-sdk-beefy
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        partition: [1/3, 2/3, 3/3]
+    container:
+      image: ${{ needs.set-image.outputs.IMAGE }}
+      # needed for tests that use unshare syscall
+      options: --security-opt seccomp=unconfined
+    env:
+      RUST_TOOLCHAIN: stable
+      # Enable debug assertions since we are running optimized builds for testing
+      # but still want to have debug assertions.
+      RUSTFLAGS: "-Cdebug-assertions=y -Dwarnings"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: script
+        run: |
+          # Fixes "detected dubious ownership" error in the ci
+          git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+          forklift cargo nextest run \
+            --workspace \
+            --locked \
+            --release \
+            --no-fail-fast \
+            --features try-runtime,experimental,riscv,ci-only-tests \
+            --partition count:${{ matrix.partition }}
+      # run runtime-api tests with `enable-staging-api` feature on the 1st node
+      - name: runtime-api tests
+        if: ${{ matrix.partition }} == '1/3'
+        run: forklift cargo nextest run -p sp-api-test --features enable-staging-api