diff --git a/.github/workflows/migration-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/migration-testing.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f083dcefb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/migration-testing.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: Migration Testing
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+
+    name: Migration Testing
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, large, ephemeral]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Use Node.js [18.15]
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.15
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Create .env file
+        run: cp local.env .env
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+
+      - name: Upgrade @hashgraph/hedera-local to v2.25.0
+        run: npm install @hashgraph/hedera-local@2.25.0 --save
+
+      - name: Install Foundry
+        uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          version: nightly
+
+      - name: Start the local node with 0.48.1
+        run: npx hedera start -d --full --network-tag=0.48.1
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+
+      - name: Run @pre-migration tests
+        run: npx hardhat test --grep @pre-migration
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+
+      - name: Freeze the network
+        run: |
+          npx hardhat run scripts/freeze-network-node.js
+          sleep 30
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+
+      - name: Stop docker containers (network node)
+        run: docker stop network-node
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+
+      - name: Run the local node with 0.49.7
+        env:
+          NETWORK_NODE_IMAGE_TAG: 0.49.7
+          NETWORK_NODE_LOGS_ROOT_PATH: ~/.local/share/hedera-local/network-logs/node
+        run: |
+          docker compose -f docker-compose-state-migration.yml up -d
+        working-directory: node_modules/@hashgraph/hedera-local/
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+
+      - name: Run @post-migration tests
+        run: npx hardhat test --grep @post-migration
+        timeout-minutes: 5
diff --git a/scripts/freeze-network-node.js b/scripts/freeze-network-node.js
index 865717b3d..7e67afe24 100644
--- a/scripts/freeze-network-node.js
+++ b/scripts/freeze-network-node.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async function main() {
       '127.0.0.1:50211': '0.0.3',
     }).setOperator(OPERATOR_ID_A, OPERATOR_KEY_A);
 
-    const validStart = new Timestamp(Math.round(Date.now() / 1000), 0); // timestamp now
+    const validStart = new Timestamp(Math.round((Date.now() + 5000) / 1000), 0); // timestamp now +  5 sec
     const tx = new FreezeTransaction()
       .setStartTimestamp(validStart)
       .setFreezeType(new FreezeType(1)) // FreezeOnly