diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml b/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml
index 7ae8d46000..0e2def217f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Cloud Regression Test
+name: Cloud Extensions Test
 on:
   schedule:
     # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ on:
     #          │ │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
     - cron:  '45 1 * * *' # run once a day, timezone is utc
   workflow_dispatch: # adds ability to run this manually
+    inputs:
+      region_id:
+        description: 'Project region id. If not set, the default region will be used'
+        required: false
+        default: 'aws-us-east-2'
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: us-east-2
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/neondatabase/build-tools:pinned-bookworm
+      image: ghcr.io/neondatabase/neon-test-extensions-v${{ matrix.pg-versions }}:latest
       credentials:
         username: ${{ github.actor }}
         password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -49,57 +54,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-
-      - name: Patch the test
-        env:
-          PG_VERSION: ${{matrix.pg-version}}
-        run: |
-          cd "vendor/postgres-v${PG_VERSION}"
-          patch -p1 < "../../compute/patches/cloud_regress_pg${PG_VERSION}.patch"
-
-      - name: Generate a random password
-        id: pwgen
-        run: |
-          set +x
-          DBPASS=$(dd if=/dev/random bs=48 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64)
-          echo "::add-mask::${DBPASS//\//}"
-          echo DBPASS="${DBPASS//\//}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-
-      - name: Change tests according to the generated password
-        env:
-          DBPASS: ${{ steps.pwgen.outputs.DBPASS }}
-          PG_VERSION: ${{matrix.pg-version}}
-        run: |
-          cd vendor/postgres-v"${PG_VERSION}"/src/test/regress
-          for fname in sql/*.sql expected/*.out; do
-            sed -i.bak s/NEON_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER/"'${DBPASS}'"/ "${fname}"
-          done
-          for ph in $(grep NEON_MD5_PLACEHOLDER expected/password.out | awk '{print $3;}' | sort | uniq); do
-            USER=$(echo "${ph}" | cut -c 22-)
-            MD5=md5$(echo -n "${DBPASS}${USER}" | md5sum | awk '{print $1;}')
-            sed -i.bak "s/${ph}/${MD5}/" expected/password.out
-          done
-
-      - name: Download Neon artifact
-        uses: ./.github/actions/download
-        with:
-          name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-          path: /tmp/neon/
-          prefix: latest
-          aws-oicd-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
-
-      - name: Create a new branch
-        id: create-branch
-        uses: ./.github/actions/neon-branch-create
+      - 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 }}
           api_key: ${{ secrets.NEON_STAGING_API_KEY }}
-          project_id: ${{ vars[format('PGREGRESS_PG{0}_PROJECT_ID', matrix.pg-version)] }}
 
       - name: Run the regression tests
-        uses: ./.github/actions/run-python-test-set
+        run: /run-tests.sh
         with:
           build_type: ${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}
           test_selection: cloud_regress
@@ -109,13 +73,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BENCHMARK_CONNSTR: ${{steps.create-branch.outputs.dsn}}
 
-      - name: Delete branch
-        if: always()
-        uses: ./.github/actions/neon-branch-delete
+      - name: Delete Neon Project
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: ./.github/actions/neon-project-delete
         with:
+          project_id: ${{ steps.create-neon-project.outputs.project_id }}
           api_key: ${{ secrets.NEON_STAGING_API_KEY }}
-          project_id: ${{ vars[format('PGREGRESS_PG{0}_PROJECT_ID', matrix.pg-version)] }}
-          branch_id: ${{steps.create-branch.outputs.branch_id}}
 
       - name: Create Allure report
         id: create-allure-report