diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a831f43..a7a1fc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         otp:
-          - "26.2.3-1"
+          - "25.3.2-2"
         os:
           - ubuntu24.04
     container:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 207cac1..8d242ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -143,9 +143,19 @@ jobs:
           export BUILD_WITHOUT_QUIC=1
           make release
 
+      - name: Test
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          brew install emqx
+          emqx start
+          mkdir test-package
+          cp *.tar.gz test-package/
+          cd test-package
+          tar xfz emqttb*.tar.gz
+          bin/emqttb --loiter 5s @pub -t test @g --host localhost
+
       - if: failure()
         run: cat rebar3.crashdump
-      - run: ./_build/default/bin/emqttb
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4.3.3
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         with: