diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adc5f19ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[profile.default]
+retries = { backoff = "exponential", count = 10, delay = "1s", jitter = true, max-delay = "10s" }
+status-level = "all"
+final-status-level = "slow"
+failure-output = "immediate-final"
+fail-fast = false
+slow-timeout = { period = "30s", terminate-after = 4 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ae80ac888f..0bb2e33ad1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -89,22 +89,21 @@ jobs:
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.7.3
         with:
           cache-provider: "buildjet"
+      - name: Install nextest
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
       - uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
         with:
           version: "24.4"
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Build tests
         run: |
-          cargo test --no-run --release \
+          cargo nextest archive --archive-file=archive.tar.zst --release \
           --all-features \
           --all-targets
       - name: Run tests
         timeout-minutes: 20
         run: |
-          cargo test --release \
-          --all-features \
-          --all-targets \
-          -- --include-ignored
+          cargo nextest run --archive-file=archive.tar.zst -- --include-ignored
 
   doctest:
     runs-on: buildjet-8vcpu-ubuntu-2204