diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0d31469607e6..bae974ba32af 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ workflows:
           remove_pflogger: true
           extra_cmake_options: "-DBUILD_WITH_FLAP=OFF -DBUILD_WITH_PFLOGGER=OFF -DBUILD_WITH_FARGPARSE=OFF -DUSE_EXTDATA2G=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_MAPL=OFF"
           run_unit_tests: true
-          ctest_options: "-L 'ESSENTIAL' --output-on-failure"
+          # ExtData1G tests were removed from ESSENTIAL, so we run them separately here as UFS might still use 1G?
+          ctest_options: "-L 'ESSENTIAL|EXTDATA1G_SMALL_TESTS' --output-on-failure"
 
       # Run MAPL Tutorials
       - ci/run_mapl_tutorial: