diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-plugin-server.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-plugin-server.yml
index 0104b653388634..93610855eb7e77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-plugin-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-plugin-server.yml
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ jobs:
                   DATABASE_URL: 'postgres://posthog:posthog@localhost:5432/posthog'
               run: cd plugin-server && pnpm setup:test
 
+            - name: Run Cyclotron
+              env:
+                  DATABASE_URL: 'postgres://posthog:posthog@localhost:5432/test_cyclotron'
+              run: ./bin/run-cyclotron &
+
             - name: Test with Jest
               env:
                   # Below DB name has `test_` prepended, as that's how Django (ran above) creates the test DB