diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5eb9d76f21..e30a5cc22c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ jobs:
             build_playground: true
             generate_api_docs: true
             benchmarks: true
+            test_commit_records: true
             node-target: linux-arm64
             rust-target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
             dune-profile: static
@@ -193,6 +194,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test release plan
         run: yarn test-release-plan
 
+      - name: Test commit records
+        if: matrix.test_commit_records
+        run: yarn test-commit-records
+
       - name: Run tests
         run: node scripts/test.js -all
 
diff --git a/changes/commit-records-tests-in-ci.internal.md b/changes/commit-records-tests-in-ci.internal.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74f7843cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/commit-records-tests-in-ci.internal.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Run the semantic diff renderer's tests (`yarn test-commit-records`) in CI.