diff --git a/.github/workflows/kurtosis-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/kurtosis-e2e.yml
index 2a2c83e42b..d01b993cae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kurtosis-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kurtosis-e2e.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   ENCLAVE_NAME: kurtosis-e2e
+  POLYCLI_VERSION: v0.1.102
 
 jobs:
   build-bor:
@@ -146,6 +147,15 @@ jobs:
           export PRIV_KEY="0xd40311b5a5ca5eaeb48dfba5403bde4993ece8eccf4190e98e19fcd4754260ea"
           go run . --priv-key "$PRIV_KEY" --rpc-url "$RPC_URL" --log-req-res true
 
+      - name: Install polycli
+        run: |
+          tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+          curl -L https://github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-cli/releases/download/${{ env.POLYCLI_VERSION }}/polycli_${{ env.POLYCLI_VERSION }}_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz -C "$tmp_dir"
+          mv "$tmp_dir"/* /usr/local/bin/polycli
+          rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
+          sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/polycli
+          polycli version
+
       - name: Run smoke tests
         working-directory: pos-workflows/tests
         run: bash ./kurtosis_smoke_test.sh