diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-suite-desktop-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/test-suite-desktop-e2e.yml
index 0a36881ca939..55465e2b2031 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-suite-desktop-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-suite-desktop-e2e.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
   run-desktop-tests:
     if: github.repository == 'trezor/trezor-suite' && github.event.label.name == 'aaa_desktop_e2e'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      COMPOSE_FILE: ./docker/docker-compose.suite-desktop-ci.yml
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -43,16 +45,22 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: ".nvmrc"
           cache: yarn
 
-      - name: Docker login
-        run: docker login $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_SERVER -u $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_USER -p $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_PASSWORD
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn install --immutable
-
-      - name: Sign config and build
+      - name: Install deps and build libs
         run: |
+          yarn install --immutable
           yarn message-system-sign-config
+          yarn workspace @trezor/suite-data build:lib
+          yarn workspace @trezor/connect-iframe build:lib
+          yarn workspace @trezor/transport-bridge build:lib
+
+      - name: Build linux suite-desktop
+        run: |
           yarn workspace @trezor/suite-desktop build:linux
+          bash packages/suite-desktop-core/scripts/gnupg-sign.sh
+          mv packages/suite-desktop/build-electron/* .
+
+      - name: Clean up node_modules after suite build
+        run: rm -rf node_modules
 
       - name: Pull and run Docker containers
         run: |