diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_release.yml b/.github/workflows/test_release.yml
index 946c39f5..81a8cc7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_release.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,65 @@ env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
 
 jobs:
+  build:
+    name: build release
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+        include:
+          -   arch: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+              platform: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Get latest version of stable Rust
+        run: rustup update stable
+      - name: Install target
+        run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          cache-on-failure: true
+
+      # ==============================
+      #       Builds
+      # ==============================
+      - name: Build era-test-node for ${{ matrix.arch }}
+        run: |
+          cargo install cross
+          make build-${{ matrix.arch }}
+    
+      - name: Rename and move binary
+        run: |      
+          mkdir artifacts
+          mv target/${{ matrix.arch }}/release/era_test_node ./artifacts
+      
+      - name: Create artifacts
+        run: |
+          cd artifacts
+          tar -czf era_test_node-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz era_test_node*
+          mv *tar.gz* ..
+    
+        # =======================================================================
+        # Upload artifacts
+        # This is required to share artifacts between different jobs
+        # =======================================================================
+      - name:  Upload artifact
+        uses:  actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: era_test_node-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
+          path: era_test_node-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Upload signature
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: era_test_node-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz.asc
+          path: era_test_node-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz.asc
+
   test-package:
     name: validate test release
+    needs:  [build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
@@ -21,63 +78,31 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Generate Dockerfile
-        uses: 1arp/create-a-file-action@0.2
-        with:
-          file: 'Dockerfile'
-          content: |
-            # Use Ubuntu 18.04 as the base image with x86_64
-            FROM ubuntu:18.04@sha256:dca176c9663a7ba4c1f0e710986f5a25e672842963d95b960191e2d9f7185ebe
-            
-            # Install necessary dependencies
-            RUN apt-get update && \
-                apt-get install -y wget curl gnupg2 && \
-                echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \
-                apt-get update && \
-                apt-get install -y libssl1.0.0 && \
-                apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config clang socat
-            
-            # Fetch and extract the era_test_node binary
-            RUN wget https://github.com/matter-labs/era-test-node/releases/download/v0.1.0/era_test_node-v0.1.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
-                && tar -xzf era_test_node-v0.1.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
-                && mv era_test_node /usr/local/bin/ \
-                && rm era_test_node-v0.1.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
-            
-            # Copy the start script
-            COPY start_script.sh /start_script.sh
-            
-            # Make the start script executable
-            RUN chmod +x /start_script.sh
-            
-            # Set the start script as the entry point
-            ENTRYPOINT ["/start_script.sh"]
-      
-      - name: Generate start_script
-        uses: 1arp/create-a-file-action@0.2
+      # ==============================
+      #       Download artifacts
+      # ==============================
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          file: 'start_script.sh'
-          content: |
-            #!/bin/bash
-
-            socat TCP-LISTEN:'8011',fork,reuseaddr TCP:127.0.0.1:3051 &
-            era_test_node --port 3051 run &
-            wait
-
-      - name: Build era_test_node_image Docker image
-        run: docker build -t era_test_node_image .
-    
-      - name: Run era_test_node_image Docker container
-        run: docker run -d --name era_test_node_container -p 8011:8011 era_test_node_image
+          name: era_test_node-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
 
+      - name: Start the era_test_node
+        id: start_node
+        run: |
+          echo "Extracting era_test_node binary"
+          tar -xzf era_test_node-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+          chmod +x era_test_node
+          echo "Starting node in background"
+          ./era_test_node run 2>&1 | tee era_test_node_ouput.log &
+          echo "PID=$!" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Launch tests
         id: launch
         run: |
           echo "Run tests"
           make test-e2e
-
       - name: Stop the era_test_node and print output logs
         id: stop_node
         if: always()
         run: |
-          docker logs era_test_node_container
-          docker stop era_test_node_container
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+          cat era_test_node_ouput.log
+          kill $PID
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