diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.canary.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.canary.yml
index 0826f8150a..2100b04dc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.canary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.canary.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: nix develop .#ci-minimum -c bash -xe {0}
+
     outputs:
       build_subgraph: ${{ env.BUILD_SUBGRAPH }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.feature.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.feature.yml
index 01647af667..cc0042a0be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.feature.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.feature.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     defaults:
       run:
-        shell: nix develop . -c bash -xe {0}
+        shell: nix develop .#ci-minimum -c bash -xe {0}
 
     outputs:
       build_solidity_semantic_money: ${{ env.BUILD_SOLIDITY_SEMANTIC_MONEY }}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 6cab030f3e..f617ab83cf 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -149,7 +149,10 @@
 
     # CI shells
     devShells.mk-cache-key = mkShell {
-        buildInputs = [ mk-cache-key-pkg ];
+      buildInputs = [ mk-cache-key-pkg ];
+    };
+    devShells.ci-minimum = mkShell {
+      buildInputs = ciInputs ++ commonDevInputs;
     };
     devShells.ci-default = mkShell {
       buildInputs = ciInputs ++ minimumDevInputs;