diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml b/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml
index 5c417fb9137..3e1d076ce38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ jobs:
           SKIP_SYSTEM_SETUP: "1"
           SKIP_WKHTMLTOX_SETUP: "1"
 
+      - name: Warm up test data
+        run: |
+          su -m "${ERPNEXT_CI_USER:-frappe}" -s /bin/bash <<'EOF'
+          cd ~/frappe-bench/
+          bench --site test_site run-tests --lightmode --module erpnext.tests.bootstrap_test_data
+          EOF
+
       # Clean shutdown (consistent InnoDB datadir), then stage it inside the bench for packaging.
       - name: Stop DB and stage datadir
         run: |
diff --git a/erpnext/tests/bootstrap_test_data.py b/erpnext/tests/bootstrap_test_data.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..713c0bdf564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/erpnext/tests/bootstrap_test_data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# This file is solely to trigger BootStrapTestData from CI
+# utils.py module import instantiates BootStrapTestData
+from erpnext.tests.utils import ERPNextTestSuite