diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-tests-postgres.yml b/.github/workflows/server-tests-postgres.yml
index 98141162d09..88b02efe72f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-tests-postgres.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-tests-postgres.yml
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ jobs:
           FRAPPE_BRANCH: develop
           BENCH_CACHE_DIR: /home/runner/bench-cache
 
+      - name: Warm up test data
+        run: |
+          cd ~/frappe-bench/
+          bench --site test_site run-tests --lightmode --module erpnext.tests.bootstrap_test_data
+
       - name: Stop DB and stage datadir
         run: |
           PG_BIN=$(ls -d /usr/lib/postgresql/*/bin | sort -V | tail -1)