diff --git a/.github/workflows/drivers-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/drivers-tests.yml
index 56ccaacaad269..c9df773f44cb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/drivers-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/drivers-tests.yml
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ on:
           - 'true'
           - 'false'
 
-env:
-  USE_TESSERACT_SQL_PLANNER: false
-
 jobs:
   latest-tag-sha:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -268,6 +265,12 @@ jobs:
           - snowflake-export-bucket-azure-via-storage-integration
           - snowflake-export-bucket-gcs
           - snowflake-export-bucket-gcs-prefix
+        use_tesseract_sql_planner: [ false ]
+        include:
+          - database: postgres
+            use_tesseract_sql_planner: true
+          - database: bigquery-export-bucket-gcs
+            use_tesseract_sql_planner: true
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -334,7 +337,7 @@ jobs:
           (contains(env.CLOUD_DATABASES, matrix.database) && env.DRIVERS_TESTS_ATHENA_CUBEJS_AWS_KEY != '') ||
           (!contains(env.CLOUD_DATABASES, matrix.database))
         env:
-          DRIVERS_TESTS_CUBEJS_TESSERACT_SQL_PLANNER: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.use_tesseract_sql_planner || env.USE_TESSERACT_SQL_PLANNER }}
+          DRIVERS_TESTS_CUBEJS_TESSERACT_SQL_PLANNER: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.use_tesseract_sql_planner) || matrix.use_tesseract_sql_planner }}
 
           # Athena
           DRIVERS_TESTS_ATHENA_CUBEJS_AWS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DRIVERS_TESTS_ATHENA_CUBEJS_AWS_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 1b25207fd35e0..482f355a66a6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ jobs:
             'clickhouse', 'druid', 'elasticsearch', 'mssql', 'mysql', 'postgres', 'prestodb',
             'mysql-aurora-serverless', 'crate', 'mongobi', 'firebolt', 'dremio', 'vertica'
         ]
+        use_tesseract_sql_planner: [ false ]
+        include:
+          - db: postgres
+            node-version: 22.x
+            use_tesseract_sql_planner: true
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -481,6 +486,8 @@ jobs:
           (contains(env.CLOUD_DATABASES, matrix.db) && env.DRIVERS_TESTS_ATHENA_CUBEJS_AWS_KEY != '') ||
           (!contains(env.CLOUD_DATABASES, matrix.db))
         env:
+          CUBEJS_TESSERACT_SQL_PLANNER: ${{ matrix.use_tesseract_sql_planner }}
+
           # Firebolt Integration
           DRIVERS_TESTS_FIREBOLT_CUBEJS_FIREBOLT_ENGINE_NAME: ${{ secrets.DRIVERS_TESTS_FIREBOLT_CUBEJS_FIREBOLT_ENGINE_NAME }}
           DRIVERS_TESTS_FIREBOLT_CUBEJS_DB_NAME: ${{ secrets.DRIVERS_TESTS_FIREBOLT_CUBEJS_DB_NAME }}
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/fixtures/bigquery.json b/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/fixtures/bigquery.json
index 1f5edc1b40715..d6ac59230e6f6 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/fixtures/bigquery.json
+++ b/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/fixtures/bigquery.json
@@ -172,5 +172,24 @@
     "SQL API: Rollup with aliases",
     "SQL API: Nested Rollup over asterisk",
     "SQL API: Extended nested Rollup over asterisk"
+  ],
+  "tesseractSkip": [
+    "querying Products: dimensions -- doesn't work wo ordering",
+    "querying ECommerce: total quantity, avg discount, total sales, total profit by product + order + total -- rounding in athena",
+    "querying ECommerce: total sales, total profit by month + order (date) + total -- doesn't work with the BigQuery",
+    "querying ECommerce: total quantity, avg discount, total sales, total profit by product + order + total -- noisy test",
+    "pre-aggregations Customers: running total without time dimension",
+    "querying BigECommerce: null boolean",
+    "querying BigECommerce: rolling count_distinct_approx window by 2 day",
+    "querying BigECommerce: rolling count_distinct_approx window by 2 week",
+    "querying BigECommerce: rolling count_distinct_approx window by 2 month",
+    "querying BigECommerce: totalProfitYearAgo",
+    "SQL API: post-aggregate percentage of total",
+    "SQL API: Simple Rollup",
+    "SQL API: Rollup over exprs",
+    "SQL API: Nested Rollup",
+    "SQL API: Nested Rollup with aliases",
+    "SQL API: Timeshift measure from cube",
+    "SQL API: SQL push down push to cube quoted alias"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/fixtures/postgres.json b/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/fixtures/postgres.json
index 94ad1dd94428e..b02f8905adaf4 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/fixtures/postgres.json
+++ b/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/fixtures/postgres.json
@@ -162,5 +162,23 @@
     "querying BigECommerce: rolling window by 2 day without date range",
     "querying BigECommerce: rolling window by 2 month without date range",
     "querying BigECommerce: rolling window YTD without date range"
+  ],
+  "tesseractSkip": [
+    "querying Products: dimensions -- doesn't work wo ordering",
+    "querying ECommerce: total quantity, avg discount, total sales, total profit by product + order + total -- rounding in athena",
+    "querying ECommerce: total quantity, avg discount, total sales, total profit by product + order + total -- noisy test",
+    "pre-aggregations Customers: running total without time dimension",
+    "querying BigECommerce: totalProfitYearAgo",
+    "SQL API: post-aggregate percentage of total",
+    "SQL API: Simple Rollup",
+    "SQL API: Complex Rollup",
+    "SQL API: Rollup with aliases",
+    "SQL API: Rollup over exprs",
+    "SQL API: Nested Rollup",
+    "SQL API: Nested Rollup with aliases",
+    "SQL API: Nested Rollup over asterisk",
+    "SQL API: Extended nested Rollup over asterisk",
+    "SQL API: Timeshift measure from cube",
+    "SQL API: SQL push down push to cube quoted alias"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/src/tests/testQueries.ts b/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/src/tests/testQueries.ts
index e4d52b55f04ab..ebabdb06472a6 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/src/tests/testQueries.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/src/tests/testQueries.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export function testQueries(type: string, { includeIncrementalSchemaSuite, exten
   describe(`Queries with the @cubejs-backend/${type}-driver${extendedEnv ? ` ${extendedEnv}` : ''}`, () => {
     jest.setTimeout(60 * 5 * 1000);
 
+    const isTesseractEnv = process.env.DRIVERS_TESTS_CUBEJS_TESSERACT_SQL_PLANNER && process.env.DRIVERS_TESTS_CUBEJS_TESSERACT_SQL_PLANNER.toLowerCase() === 'true';
+
     const fixtures = getFixtures(type, extendedEnv);
     let client: CubeApi;
     let driver: BaseDriver;
@@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ export function testQueries(type: string, { includeIncrementalSchemaSuite, exten
     }
 
     function execute(name: string, test: () => Promise<void>) {
-      if (fixtures.skip && fixtures.skip.indexOf(name) >= 0) {
+      if (!isTesseractEnv && fixtures.skip && fixtures.skip.indexOf(name) >= 0) {
+        it.skip(name, test);
+      } else if (isTesseractEnv && fixtures.tesseractSkip && fixtures.tesseractSkip.indexOf(name) >= 0) {
         it.skip(name, test);
       } else {
         it(name, test);
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/src/types/Fixture.ts b/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/src/types/Fixture.ts
index 3ba986183ef1b..f85b5304cb396 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/src/types/Fixture.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-testing-drivers/src/types/Fixture.ts
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ export type Fixture = {
     [cube: string]: [{ name: string, [prop: string]: unknown }],
   },
   skip?: string[],
+  tesseractSkip?: string[],
 };