diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks.sh
index 92ae1f5eadca3..639e3f02ef1df 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks.sh
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ export DISABLE_BOOTSTRAP_VALIDATION=false
 .buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/test_hardening.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/ftr_configs.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/saved_objects_compat_changes.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/saved_objects_definition_change.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/steps/code_generation/security_solution_codegen.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/yarn_deduplicate.sh
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/saved_objects_definition_change.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/saved_objects_definition_change.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..175128d536fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/saved_objects_definition_change.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
+
+echo --- Check SO definition changes
+cmd="node scripts/jest_integration -u src/core/server/integration_tests/ci_checks"
+
+eval "$cmd"
+check_for_changed_files "$cmd" true
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/ci_checks/jest.integration.config.js b/src/core/server/integration_tests/ci_checks/jest.integration.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cca8ea704bb8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/ci_checks/jest.integration.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  bail: true, // only report 1 issue
+  // TODO replace the line below with
+  // preset: '@kbn/test/jest_integration_node
+  // to do so, we must fix all integration tests first
+  // see https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/130255/
+  preset: '@kbn/test/jest_integration',
+  rootDir: '../../../../..',
+  roots: ['<rootDir>/src/core/server/integration_tests/ci_checks'],
+  // must override to match all test given there is no `integration_tests` subfolder
+  testMatch: ['**/*.test.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}'],
+};
diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/check_registered_types.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/ci_checks/saved_objects/check_registered_types.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group2/check_registered_types.test.ts
rename to src/core/server/integration_tests/ci_checks/saved_objects/check_registered_types.test.ts