diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-test.yml b/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
index f729c6247f..a330325539 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
@@ -52,23 +52,32 @@ jobs:
 
   coverage:
     name: Coverage
-    runs-on: uci-default
+    runs-on: ${{ github.event_name == 'merge_group' && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'uci-default' }}
+    # Skip coverage report for merge groups, since the queue is about safety check. The merge to main will run coverage anyway.
+    # GitHub does not support setting "Required" CI workflows for merge queue separately from PRs. If we skip the job at top
+    # level we then have to work around result not being present. Hence, the repeated if statements per step.
     env:
       GOFLAGS: -tags=ledger,test_ledger_mock
     steps:
+      - name: Check trigger
+        if: github.event_name == 'merge_group'
+        run: echo 'Coverage skipped in merge queue'
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        if: github.event_name != 'merge_group'
         with:
           # Depth 0 for PRs so merge-base diff against the base branch works.
           fetch-depth: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && '0' || '1' }}
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        if: github.event_name != 'merge_group'
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           cache: false
 
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        if: env.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME != ''
+        if: github.event_name != 'merge_group' && env.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME != ''
         env:
           DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
         with:
@@ -76,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Download modules
+        if: github.event_name != 'merge_group'
         run: go mod download
 
       - name: Determine coverage packages (PR)
@@ -153,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ steps.cov-pkgs.outputs.test_packages }}
 
       - name: Go test with coverage (full path)
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        if: github.event_name != 'merge_group' && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         run: |
           go test \
             -timeout=${{ env.GO_TEST_TIMEOUT }} \
@@ -163,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
             ./...
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || steps.cov-pkgs.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        if: github.event_name != 'merge_group' && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || steps.cov-pkgs.outputs.skip != 'true')
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
@@ -174,4 +184,4 @@ jobs:
           # Upload under a separate flag to avoid apples-to-oranges project comparisons.
           name: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && 'sei-chain-pr-coverage' || 'sei-chain-coverage' }}
           files: ./coverage.out
-          flags: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && 'sei-chain-pr' || 'sei-chain' }}
+          flags: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && 'sei-chain-pr' || 'sei-chain' }}
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