diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-assets-check.yml b/.github/workflows/static-assets-check.yml
index bef46b2ed09..6591e0ce45d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-assets-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-assets-check.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-24.04]
-        python-version:
-          - "3.11"
-        node-version: [18, 20]
-        npm-version: [10.5.x]
-        mongo-version:
-          - "7.0"
+        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.11' ]
+        node-version: [ 18 ]
+        npm-version: [ 10.5.x ]
+        mongo-version: ["4.4", "7.0"]
 
     services:
       mongo:
@@ -34,70 +32,55 @@ jobs:
           --health-retries 3
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-      - name: Install system Packages
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install libxmlsec1-dev pkg-config
-
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-
-      - name: Setup npm
-        run: npm i -g npm@${{ matrix.npm-version }}
-
-      - name: Get pip cache dir
-        id: pip-cache-dir
-        run: |
-          echo "dir=$(pip cache dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Cache pip dependencies
-        id: cache-dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.pip-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('requirements/edx/development.txt') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
-
-      - name: Install Limited Python Deps for Build
-        run: |
-          pip install -r requirements/edx/assets.txt
-
-      - name: Add node_modules bin to $Path
-        run: echo $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/node_modules/.bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-      - name: Check Dev Assets Build
-        env:
-          COMPREHENSIVE_THEMES_DIR: ./themes
-        run: |
-          npm clean-install --dev
-          npm run build-dev
-
-      - name: Check Prod Assets Build
-        env:
-          COMPREHENSIVE_THEMES_DIR: ./themes
-        run: |
-          npm clean-install
-          npm run build
-
-      - name: Install Full Python Deps for Collection
-        run: |
-          pip install -r requirements/edx/base.txt -e .
-
-      - name: Check Assets Collection
-        env:
-          LMS_CFG: lms/envs/minimal.yml
-          CMS_CFG: lms/envs/minimal.yml
-          DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: lms.envs.production
-        run: |
-          ./manage.py lms collectstatic --noinput
-          ./manage.py cms collectstatic --noinput
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+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Install system Packages
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install libxmlsec1-dev pkg-config
+
+    - name: Setup Node
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      with:
+        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+
+    - name: Setup npm
+      run: npm i -g npm@${{ matrix.npm-version }}
+
+    - name: Get pip cache dir
+      id: pip-cache-dir
+      run: |
+        echo "::set-output name=dir::$(pip cache dir)"
+
+    - name: Cache pip dependencies
+      id: cache-dependencies
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: ${{ steps.pip-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('requirements/edx/development.txt') }}
+        restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+
+    - name: Install Required Python Dependencies
+      run: |
+        make base-requirements
+
+    - name: Initiate Mongo DB Service
+      run: sudo systemctl start mongod
+
+    - name: Add node_modules bin to $Path
+      run: echo $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/node_modules/.bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+    - name: Run Static Assets Check
+      env:
+        LMS_CFG: lms/envs/minimal.yml
+        CMS_CFG: lms/envs/minimal.yml
+
+      run: |
+        paver update_assets lms --theme-dirs ./themes
+        paver update_assets cms --theme-dirs ./themes
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