diff --git a/.github/workflows/experimental-github-actions-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/experimental-github-actions-testing.yml
index a0d50d884bf7..7281b6087ca2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/experimental-github-actions-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/experimental-github-actions-testing.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
       - run: ./build/github/get-engflow-keys.sh
       - name: run tests
-        run: bazel test //pkg:all_tests --config crosslinux --jobs 300 --remote_download_minimal --bes_keywords=github_pr_number=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --config=use_ci_timeouts --build_event_binary_file=bes.bin $(./build/github/engflow-args.sh)
+        run: bazel test //pkg:all_tests //pkg/ui:lint //pkg/ui:test --config crosslinux --jobs 300 --remote_download_minimal --bes_keywords=github_pr_number=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --config=use_ci_timeouts --build_event_binary_file=bes.bin $(./build/github/engflow-args.sh)
       - name: upload test results
         run: ./build/github/upload-test-results.sh bes.bin
         if: always()
diff --git a/pkg/ui/workspaces/cluster-ui/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/ui/workspaces/cluster-ui/BUILD.bazel
index 18ea851beade..f4f80fb403e9 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/workspaces/cluster-ui/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/ui/workspaces/cluster-ui/BUILD.bazel
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ jest_test(
         "tsconfig.json",
         ":node_modules",
     ],
+    exec_properties = {
+        "test.Pool": "large",
+    },
     node_modules = ":node_modules",
 )