diff --git a/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml b/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml
index 11f46bce8e..c9f6b0832e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Path to directory containing libpq library - it is caller responsibility to provision the libpq library'
     required: false
     default: '/tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/lib'
-  
+  project_settings:
+    description: 'A JSON object with project settings'
+    required: false
+    default: '{}'
 
 outputs:
   dsn:
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ runs:
               \"provisioner\": \"k8s-neonvm\",
               \"autoscaling_limit_min_cu\": ${MIN_CU},
               \"autoscaling_limit_max_cu\": ${MAX_CU},
-              \"settings\": { }
+              \"settings\": ${PROJECT_SETTINGS}
             }
           }")
 
@@ -92,12 +95,12 @@ runs:
         if [ "${SHARD_SPLIT_PROJECT}" = "true" ]; then
           # determine tenant ID
           TENANT_ID=`${PSQL} ${dsn} -t -A -c "SHOW neon.tenant_id"`
-          
+
           echo "Splitting project ${project_id} with tenant_id ${TENANT_ID} into $((SHARD_COUNT)) shards with stripe size $((STRIPE_SIZE))"
 
           echo "Sending PUT request to https://${API_HOST}/regions/${REGION_ID}/api/v1/admin/storage/proxy/control/v1/tenant/${TENANT_ID}/shard_split"
           echo "with body {\"new_shard_count\": $((SHARD_COUNT)), \"new_stripe_size\": $((STRIPE_SIZE))}"
-          
+
           # we need an ADMIN API KEY to invoke storage controller API for shard splitting (bash -u above checks that the variable is set)
           curl -X PUT \
             "https://${API_HOST}/regions/${REGION_ID}/api/v1/admin/storage/proxy/control/v1/tenant/${TENANT_ID}/shard_split" \
@@ -118,3 +121,4 @@ runs:
         STRIPE_SIZE: ${{ inputs.stripe_size }}
         PSQL: ${{ inputs.psql_path }}
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ${{ inputs.libpq_lib_path }}
+        PROJECT_SETTINGS: ${{ inputs.project_settings }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-clients.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-clients.yml
index 4947907eb0..abc90c7fe1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-clients.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-clients.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - '.github/workflows/pg-clients.yml'
-      - 'test_runner/pg_clients/**'
-      - 'test_runner/logical_repl/**'
+      - 'test_runner/pg_clients/**/*.py'
+      - 'test_runner/logical_repl/**/*.py'
       - 'poetry.lock'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           api_key: ${{ secrets.NEON_STAGING_API_KEY }}
           postgres_version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PG_VERSION }}
+          project_settings: >-
+            {"enable_logical_replication": true}
 
       - name: Run tests
         uses: ./.github/actions/run-python-test-set
diff --git a/test_runner/logical_repl/README.md b/test_runner/logical_repl/README.md
index 8eca056dda..449e56e21d 100644
--- a/test_runner/logical_repl/README.md
+++ b/test_runner/logical_repl/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 # Logical replication tests
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Neon project should have logical replication enabled:
+>
+> https://neon.tech/docs/guides/logical-replication-postgres#enable-logical-replication-in-the-source-neon-project
+
 ## Clickhouse
 
 ```bash
 export BENCHMARK_CONNSTR=postgres://user:pass@ep-abc-xyz-123.us-east-2.aws.neon.build/neondb
 
-docker compose -f clickhouse/docker-compose.yml up -d
-pytest -m remote_cluster -k test_clickhouse
-docker compose -f clickhouse/docker-compose.yml down
+docker compose -f test_runner/logical_repl/clickhouse/docker-compose.yml up -d
+./scripts/pytest -m remote_cluster -k test_clickhouse
+docker compose -f test_runner/logical_repl/clickhouse/docker-compose.yml down
 ```
 
 ## Debezium
@@ -15,8 +20,7 @@ docker compose -f clickhouse/docker-compose.yml down
 ```bash
 export BENCHMARK_CONNSTR=postgres://user:pass@ep-abc-xyz-123.us-east-2.aws.neon.build/neondb
 
-docker compose -f debezium/docker-compose.yml up -d
-pytest -m remote_cluster -k test_debezium
-docker compose -f debezium/docker-compose.yml down
-
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+docker compose -f test_runner/logical_repl/debezium/docker-compose.yml up -d
+./scripts/pytest -m remote_cluster -k test_debezium
+docker compose -f test_runner/logical_repl/debezium/docker-compose.yml down
+```