diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index fadd73f4aa..a33b7f10f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           cargo test --target ${{ matrix.target }} --manifest-path rand_core/Cargo.toml
           cargo test --target ${{ matrix.target }} --manifest-path rand_core/Cargo.toml --no-default-features
           cargo test --target ${{ matrix.target }} --manifest-path rand_core/Cargo.toml --no-default-features --features=alloc,getrandom
+          cargo test --target ${{ matrix.target }} --manifest-path distr_test/Cargo.toml --release
       - name: Test rand_distr
         run: |
           cargo test --target ${{ matrix.target }} --manifest-path rand_distr/Cargo.toml --features=serde