diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0a85527c6..b0105e59b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -102,25 +102,6 @@ jobs:
           ${{ env.RUST_INFO }}
           cargo hack check --workspace --each-feature --all-targets
 
-  check-staking-miner-playground:
-    name: Check staking-miner-playground
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [set-image]
-    container: ${{ needs.set-image.outputs.IMAGE }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
-        uses: swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-rust-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
-
-      - name: Check staking-miner-playground
-        run: |
-          ${{ env.RUST_INFO }}
-          cargo check --manifest-path staking-miner-playground/Cargo.toml
-
   test:
     name: Run tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -181,7 +162,6 @@ jobs:
             check-clippy,
             check-docs,
             check-cargo-hack,
-            check-staking-miner-playground,
             test,
             build]
     steps:
@@ -221,7 +201,6 @@ jobs:
             check-clippy,
             check-docs,
             check-cargo-hack,
-            check-staking-miner-playground,
             test,
             build]
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/staking-miner-playground.yml b/.github/workflows/staking-miner-playground.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b5886d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/staking-miner-playground.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: Polkadot Staking Miner Playground CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'staking-miner-playground/**'
+
+env:
+  IMAGE: paritytech/ci-unified:bullseye-1.77.0-2024-04-10-v20240408
+  IMAGE_NAME: paritytech/polkadot-staking-miner
+  RUST_INFO: rustup show && cargo --version && rustup +nightly show && cargo +nightly --version
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  set-image:
+    # GitHub Actions does not allow using 'env' in a container context.
+    # This workaround sets the container image for each job using 'set-image' job output.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      IMAGE: ${{ steps.set_image.outputs.IMAGE }}
+    steps:
+      - id: set_image
+        run: echo "IMAGE=${{ env.IMAGE }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  check:
+    name: Check staking-miner-playground
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [set-image]
+    container: ${{ needs.set-image.outputs.IMAGE }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+        uses: swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-rust-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+
+      - name: Check staking-miner-playground
+        run: |
+          ${{ env.RUST_INFO }}
+          cargo check --manifest-path staking-miner-playground/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/staking-miner-playground/Cargo.lock b/staking-miner-playground/Cargo.lock
index 1ce094f53..43125971a 100644
--- a/staking-miner-playground/Cargo.lock
+++ b/staking-miner-playground/Cargo.lock
@@ -2692,9 +2692,9 @@ checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
-version = "0.14.28"
+version = "0.14.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf96e135eb83a2a8ddf766e426a841d8ddd7449d5f00d34ea02b41d2f19eef80"
+checksum = "f361cde2f109281a220d4307746cdfd5ee3f410da58a70377762396775634b33"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
@@ -2707,7 +2707,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.13",
- "socket2 0.5.5",
+ "socket2 0.4.10",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -2724,7 +2724,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "hyper",
  "log",
- "rustls 0.21.10",
+ "rustls 0.21.12",
  "rustls-native-certs",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
@@ -3909,9 +3909,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "0.8.10"
+version = "0.8.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f3d0b296e374a4e6f3c7b0a1f5a51d748a0d34c85e7dc48fc3fa9a87657fe09"
+checksum = "a4a650543ca06a924e8b371db273b2756685faae30f8487da1b56505a8f78b0c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
@@ -5633,9 +5633,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.21.10"
+version = "0.21.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f9d5a6813c0759e4609cd494e8e725babae6a2ca7b62a5536a13daaec6fcb7ba"
+checksum = "3f56a14d1f48b391359b22f731fd4bd7e43c97f3c50eee276f3aa09c94784d3e"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "ring 0.17.7",
@@ -6991,9 +6991,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7cee0529a6d40f580e7a5e6c495c8fbfe21b7b52795ed4bb5e62cdf92bc6380"
+checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
@@ -7068,9 +7068,9 @@ checksum = "1b6b67fb9a61334225b5b790716f609cd58395f895b3fe8b328786812a40bc3b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "snow"
-version = "0.9.4"
+version = "0.9.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "58021967fd0a5eeeb23b08df6cc244a4d4a5b4aec1d27c9e02fad1a58b4cd74e"
+checksum = "850948bee068e713b8ab860fe1adc4d109676ab4c3b621fd8147f06b261f2f85"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "blake2 0.10.6",
@@ -8316,7 +8316,7 @@ version = "0.24.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c28327cf380ac148141087fbfb9de9d7bd4e84ab5d2c28fbc911d753de8a7081"
 dependencies = [
- "rustls 0.21.10",
+ "rustls 0.21.12",
  "tokio",
 ]