diff --git a/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml b/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml
index a393aa6106..d87eb01e2c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'A JSON object with project settings'
     required: false
     default: '{}'
+  default_endpoint_settings:
+    description: 'A JSON object with the default endpoint settings'
+    required: false
+    default: '{}'
 
 outputs:
   dsn:
@@ -80,7 +84,8 @@ runs:
               \"provisioner\": \"k8s-neonvm\",
               \"autoscaling_limit_min_cu\": ${MIN_CU},
               \"autoscaling_limit_max_cu\": ${MAX_CU},
-              \"settings\": ${PROJECT_SETTINGS}
+              \"settings\": ${PROJECT_SETTINGS},
+              \"default_endpoint_settings\": ${DEFAULT_ENDPOINT_SETTINGS}
             }
           }")
 
@@ -142,3 +147,4 @@ runs:
         PSQL: ${{ inputs.psql_path }}
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ${{ inputs.libpq_lib_path }}
         PROJECT_SETTINGS: ${{ inputs.project_settings }}
+        DEFAULT_ENDPOINT_SETTINGS: ${{ inputs.default_endpoint_settings }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloud-extensions.yml b/.github/workflows/cloud-extensions.yml
index b498059fcd..f74ffbdfcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloud-extensions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloud-extensions.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
 
-concurrency:
-  # Allow only one workflow
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 permissions:
   id-token: write # aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials
   statuses: write
@@ -40,9 +35,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         pg-version: [16, 17]
 
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, small]
+    runs-on: us-east-2
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/neondatabase/neon-test-extensions-v${{ matrix.pg-version }}:14192004730
+      image: ghcr.io/neondatabase/neon-test-extensions-v${{ matrix.pg-version }}:14263641182
       credentials:
         username: ${{ github.actor }}
         password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -56,12 +51,29 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
 
+      - name: Evaluate the settings
+        id: project-settings
+        run: |
+          if [[ matrix.pg-version -lt 17 ]]; then
+            ULID=ulid
+          else
+            ULID=pgx_ulid
+          fi
+          LIBS=timescaledb:rag_bge_small_en_v15,rag_jina_reranker_v1_tiny_en:$ULID
+          ( 
+          echo -n settings=; 
+          jq -c -n --arg libs $LIBS '{preload_libraries:{use_defaults:false,enabled_libraries:($libs| split(":"))}}'
+          ) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+
       - name: Create Neon Project
         id: create-neon-project
         uses: ./.github/actions/neon-project-create
         with:
           region_id: ${{ inputs.region_id }}
           postgres_version: ${{ matrix.pg-version }}
+          project_settings: ${{ steps.outputs.project-settings.settings }}
+          default_endpoint_settings: '{"pg_settings":{"DateStyle":"Postgres,MDY","TimeZone":"America/Los_Angeles","neon.allow_unstable_extensions":"on"}}'
           api_key: ${{ secrets.NEON_STAGING_API_KEY }}
 
       - name: Run the regression tests