diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-ci.yml
index fee632fb846..c6ca600c4f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-ci.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ jobs:
               sudo apt-get -y install protobuf-compiler
               rustup show
               CI=false yarn --cwd quickwit-ui build
-              cargo build --features=postgres
+              RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable" cargo build --features=postgres
               mkdir qwdata
-              cargo run --features=postgres -- run --service searcher --service metastore --config ../config/quickwit.yaml &
+              RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable" cargo run --features=postgres -- run --service searcher --service metastore --config ../config/quickwit.yaml &
               yarn --cwd quickwit-ui cypress run
           - name: Lint
             command: yarn --cwd quickwit-ui lint