diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
index 8560c80bf3ce5..0bf471db4f7d5 100644
--- a/.config/nextest.toml
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,13 @@ junit = { path = "junit.xml" }
 [profile.default.slow-timeout]
 period = "600s"
 terminate-after = 1
+
+[profile.smoke-test]
+# like profile.ci
+status-level = "skip"
+failure-output = "immediate-final"
+fail-fast = true
+# different than ci
+test-threads = 6
+retries = 3
+slow-timeout = { period = "1800s", terminate-after = 1 }
diff --git a/.github/actions/rust-smoke-tests/action.yaml b/.github/actions/rust-smoke-tests/action.yaml
index c5f63e625df1f..4f895164e726a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/rust-smoke-tests/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/rust-smoke-tests/action.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ runs:
       # Prebuild the aptos-node binary so that tests don't start before the node is built.
       # Also, prebuild the aptos-node binary as a separate step to avoid feature unification issues.
       # Note: --test-threads is intentionally set to reduce resource contention in ci jobs. Increasing this, increases job failures and retries.
-      run: cargo build --locked --package=aptos-node --features=failpoints,indexer --release && LOCAL_SWARM_NODE_RELEASE=1 cargo nextest run --release --profile ci --package smoke-test --test-threads 6 --retries 3
+      run: cargo build --locked --package=aptos-node --features=failpoints,indexer --release && LOCAL_SWARM_NODE_RELEASE=1 cargo nextest run --release --profile smoke-test --package smoke-test
       shell: bash
       env:
         INDEXER_DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres@localhost/postgres