diff --git a/.github/workflows/velox_nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/velox_nightly.yml
index 5dd0afeb3c..cb6648c122 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/velox_nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/velox_nightly.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
+  MVN_CMD: 'build/mvn -ntp'
   CCACHE_DIR: "${{ github.workspace }}/.ccache"
 
 concurrency:
@@ -179,6 +180,103 @@ jobs:
           path: package/target/gluten-velox-bundle-*.jar
           retention-days: 7
 
+  spark-test-spark35-smj:
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.repository, 'apache/') }}
+    needs: build-native-lib-x86
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    env:
+      SPARK_TESTING: true
+    container: apache/gluten:centos-8-jdk8
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Download All Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: velox-native-lib-${{github.sha}}
+          path: ./cpp/build/
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: |
+          dnf module -y install python39 && \
+          alternatives --set python3 /usr/bin/python3.9 && \
+          pip3 install setuptools==77.0.3 && \
+          pip3 install pyspark==3.5.5 cython && \
+          pip3 install pandas==2.2.3 pyarrow==20.0.0
+      - name: Build and Run unit test for Spark 3.5.5 (other tests)
+        run: |
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/
+          export SPARK_SCALA_VERSION=2.12
+          yum install -y java-17-openjdk-devel
+          export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk
+          export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+          java -version
+          $MVN_CMD clean test -Pspark-3.5 -Pjava-17 -Pbackends-velox -Piceberg -Pdelta -Ppaimon -Pspark-ut \
+          -DargLine="-Dspark.test.home=/opt/shims/spark35/spark_home/ -Dspark.gluten.sql.columnar.forceShuffledHashJoin=false" \
+          -DtagsToExclude=org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedSQLTest,org.apache.spark.tags.SlowHiveTest,org.apache.gluten.tags.UDFTest,org.apache.gluten.tags.EnhancedFeaturesTest,org.apache.gluten.tags.SkipTest
+      - name: Upload test report
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.job }}-report
+          path: '**/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'
+      - name: Upload unit tests log files
+        if: ${{ !success() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.job }}-test-log
+          path: |
+            **/target/*.log
+            **/gluten-ut/**/hs_err_*.log
+            **/gluten-ut/**/core.*
+
+  spark-test-spark35-slow-smj:
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.repository, 'apache/') }}
+    needs: build-native-lib-x86
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    env:
+      SPARK_TESTING: true
+      LANG: C.UTF-8 #TODO remove after image update
+      LC_ALL: C.UTF-8
+    container: apache/gluten:centos-8-jdk8
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Download All Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: velox-native-lib-${{github.sha}}
+          path: ./cpp/build/
+      - name: Prepare Spark Resources for Spark 3.5.5 #TODO remove after image update
+        run: |
+          rm -rf /opt/shims/spark35
+          bash .github/workflows/util/install-spark-resources.sh 3.5
+      - name: Build and Run unit test for Spark 3.5.5 (slow tests)
+        run: |
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/
+          yum install -y java-17-openjdk-devel
+          export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk
+          export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+          java -version
+          $MVN_CMD clean test -Pspark-3.5 -Pjava-17 -Pbackends-velox -Piceberg -Pdelta -Ppaimon -Pspark-ut \
+          -DargLine="-Dspark.test.home=/opt/shims/spark35/spark_home/ -Dspark.gluten.sql.columnar.forceShuffledHashJoin=false" \
+          -DtagsToInclude=org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedSQLTest
+          $MVN_CMD clean test -Pspark-3.5 -Pjava-17 -Pbackends-velox -Piceberg -Pdelta -Ppaimon -Pspark-ut \
+          -DargLine="-Dspark.test.home=/opt/shims/spark35/spark_home/ -Dspark.gluten.sql.columnar.forceShuffledHashJoin=false" \
+          -DtagsToInclude=org.apache.spark.tags.SlowHiveTest
+      - name: Upload test report
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.job }}-report
+          path: '**/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'
+      - name: Upload unit tests log files
+        if: ${{ !success() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.job }}-test-log
+          path: |
+            **/target/*.log
+            **/gluten-ut/**/hs_err_*.log
+            **/gluten-ut/**/core.*
+
   #build and package for arm64
   build-native-lib-centos-8-arm64:
     if: ${{ startsWith(github.repository, 'apache/') }}