diff --git a/.github/workflows/cucumber-tests/action.yml b/.github/workflows/cucumber-tests/action.yml
index 16d4af3b6..8532259a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cucumber-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cucumber-tests/action.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ inputs:
   tags:
     description: 'Tags to run (default skips tests marked @flaky or @xpress)'
     required: false
-    default: '~@flaky ~@xpress'
+    default: '~@flaky'
   mpi_path:
     description: "Mpi install directory"
     required: true
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ runs:
       run: |
         export PATH="${{ inputs.mpi_path }}:$PATH"
         cd tests/end_to_end
-        behave --tags ${{ inputs.tags }} cucumber/${{ inputs.feature }} --no-capture --no-capture-stderr --format pretty
\ No newline at end of file
+        behave --tags ${{ inputs.tags }} --tags ~@xpress cucumber/${{ inputs.feature }} --no-capture --no-capture-stderr --format pretty
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