diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-prValidation.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-prValidation.yml
index e66343ff4e..2fd78462cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-prValidation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-prValidation.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Enable jvm-opts
         run: cp .jvmopts-ci .jvmopts
 
+      - name: sbt validateCompile
+        run: |-
+          sbt \
+          -Dpekko.mima.enabled=false \
+          -Dpekko.test.multi-in-test=false \
+          -Dpekko.test.timefactor=2 \
+          -Dpekko.actor.testkit.typed.timefactor=2 \
+          -Dpekko.test.tags.exclude=gh-exclude,timing \
+          -Dpekko.cluster.assert=on \
+          -Dsbt.override.build.repos=false \
+          -Dpekko.test.multi-node=false \
+          -Dsbt.log.noformat=false \
+          -Dpekko.log.timestamps=true \
+          validateCompile
+
       - name: sbt validatePullRequest
         run: |-
           sbt \
@@ -72,4 +87,4 @@ jobs:
           -Dpekko.test.multi-node=false \
           -Dsbt.log.noformat=false \
           -Dpekko.log.timestamps=true \
-          validateCompile validatePullRequest
+          validatePullRequest