diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml b/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml
index 5e5908860e..2f859bb607 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        pg_version: ${{ fromJson(inputs.pg-versions) }}
+        # Run tests on all Postgres versions in release builds and only on the latest version in debug builds
+        pg_version: ${{ fromJson(inputs.build-type == 'release' && '["v14", "v15", "v16"]' || '["v16"]') }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: