diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 65ea3145d..18809b0fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,29 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Clean Maven cache"
         run: bash ./scripts/ci/cleanup_cache.sh
 
+  community_test_tomcat_deployment:
+    name: "Test Tomcat deployment"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip tests]')"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: Alfresco/alfresco-build-tools/.github/actions/get-build-info@v1.33.0
+      - uses: Alfresco/alfresco-build-tools/.github/actions/setup-java-build@v1.33.0
+      - name: "Init"
+        timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJSON(env.GITHUB_ACTIONS_DEPLOY_TIMEOUT) }}
+        run: |
+          bash ./scripts/ci/init.sh
+          bash ./scripts/ci/build.sh
+      - name: "Set up the environment"
+        run: |
+          ${TAS_SCRIPTS}/start-compose.sh ./dev/docker-compose.yml
+          ${TAS_SCRIPTS}/wait-for-alfresco-start.sh "http://localhost:8983/solr"
+      - name: "Run tomcat, verify it starts"
+        id: tests
+        run: |
+          (mvn clean install -Prun -rf dev &)
+          ${TAS_SCRIPTS}/wait-for-alfresco-start.sh "http://localhost:8080/alfresco/"
+
   docker_latest:
     name: Update latest Docker images
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest