diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-server.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-server.yaml
index af4add5fd1..b5da2d5c48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-server.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-server.yaml
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ jobs:
     needs: server-build
     timeout-minutes: 30
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
     steps:
       - name: Fetch custom Github Actions and base branch history
         uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
@@ -389,11 +393,8 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ env.SERVER_BUILD_CACHE_KEY }}
       - name: Build twenty-shared
         run: npx nx build twenty-shared
-      - name: Server / Run Tests
-        uses: ./.github/actions/nx-affected
-        with:
-          tag: scope:backend
-          tasks: test
+      - name: Server / Run Tests (shard ${{ matrix.shard }}/4)
+        run: npx nx run twenty-server:test:ci --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}/4
 
   server-integration-test:
     timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/project.json b/packages/twenty-server/project.json
index 2a3a651d1f..9cf6148549 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/project.json
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/project.json
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "test:ci": {
+      "executor": "nx:run-commands",
+      "dependsOn": ["^build"],
+      "options": {
+        "cwd": "packages/twenty-server",
+        "command": "jest --config ./jest.config.mjs --ci --runInBand"
+      }
+    },
     "build:packageJson": {
       "executor": "@nx/js:tsc",
       "options": {
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/application/application-registration/__tests__/application-registration-upsert-from-catalog.spec.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/application/application-registration/__tests__/application-registration-upsert-from-catalog.spec.ts
index 1e17f4a44c..b827863096 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/application/application-registration/__tests__/application-registration-upsert-from-catalog.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/application/application-registration/__tests__/application-registration-upsert-from-catalog.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { ApplicationEntity } from 'src/engine/core-modules/application/applicati
 import { CacheLockService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/cache-lock/cache-lock.service';
 import { CoreEntityCacheService } from 'src/engine/core-entity-cache/services/core-entity-cache.service';
 import { ServerFileStorageService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/file-storage/services/server-file-storage.service';
+import { MetricsService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/metrics/metrics.service';
 import { WorkspaceEntity } from 'src/engine/core-modules/workspace/workspace.entity';
 
 describe('ApplicationRegistrationService - upsertFromCatalog', () => {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ describe('ApplicationRegistrationService - upsertFromCatalog', () => {
     findOne: jest.Mock;
     save: jest.Mock;
     create: jest.Mock;
+    createQueryBuilder: jest.Mock;
   };
 
   const catalogParams = {
@@ -45,6 +47,13 @@ describe('ApplicationRegistrationService - upsertFromCatalog', () => {
       findOne: jest.fn(),
       save: jest.fn(),
       create: jest.fn((entity) => entity),
+      createQueryBuilder: jest.fn(() => ({
+        update: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
+        set: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
+        where: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
+        andWhere: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
+        execute: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ affected: 0 }),
+      })),
     };
 
     const module: TestingModule = await Test.createTestingModule({
@@ -82,6 +91,10 @@ describe('ApplicationRegistrationService - upsertFromCatalog', () => {
           provide: CoreEntityCacheService,
           useValue: { invalidate: jest.fn() },
         },
+        {
+          provide: MetricsService,
+          useValue: { incrementCounterBy: jest.fn() },
+        },
       ],
     }).compile();