diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-surge.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-surge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87ff8b8c4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-surge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+name: "Surge Integration Tests"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
+    paths:
+      - "src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Taiko/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/ci-surge.yml"
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  integration_tests:
+    if: >-
+      ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+      && !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'release-please') }}
+    name: Integration tests
+    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    env:
+      SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR: surge-taiko-mono
+      PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR: pacaya-fork-taiko-mono
+      SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR: shasta-fork-taiko-mono
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Nethermind
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Checkout surge-taiko-mono
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          repository: NethermindEth/surge-taiko-mono
+          path: ${{ env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}
+          ref: surge-shasta
+
+      - name: Install Foundry
+        uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        with:
+          go-version-file: ${{ env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}/go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 9
+          run_install: false
+
+      - name: Install Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          cache: pnpm
+          cache-dependency-path: ${{ env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}/pnpm-lock.yaml
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        working-directory: ${{ env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: pnpm install
+
+      - name: Checkout Pacaya fork
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          repository: NethermindEth/surge-taiko-mono
+          path: >-
+            ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR,
+            env.PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
+          ref: jmadibekov/pacaya-dummy-verifiers-fix
+
+      - name: Checkout Shasta fork
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          repository: NethermindEth/surge-taiko-mono
+          path: >-
+            ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR,
+            env.SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
+          ref: surge-alethia-protocol-v3.0.0
+
+      - name: Install pnpm dependencies for pacaya fork taiko-mono
+        working-directory: >-
+          ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR,
+          env.PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
+        run: cd ./packages/protocol && pnpm install
+
+      - name: Install pnpm dependencies for shasta fork taiko-mono
+        working-directory: >-
+          ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR,
+          env.SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
+        run: cd ./packages/protocol && pnpm install
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Docker Build Nethermind Client
+        run: |
+          image_name="nethermindeth/nethermind"
+          image_tag="${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}"
+          full_image="${image_name}:${image_tag}"
+          
+          echo "Building Docker image: ${full_image}"
+          
+          docker buildx build . \
+            --platform linux/amd64 \
+            -f Dockerfile \
+            -t "${full_image}" \
+            --load \
+            --build-arg BUILD_CONFIG=release \
+            --build-arg CI=true \
+            --build-arg COMMIT_HASH=${{ github.sha }} \
+            --build-arg SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -1 --format=%ct)
+          
+          echo "IMAGE_TAG=${full_image}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+          echo "Verifying image exists locally:"
+          docker images | grep "${image_name}" | grep "${image_tag}" || (echo "Error: Image not found locally" && exit 1)
+
+      - name: Install yq
+        run: |
+          sudo wget -qO /usr/local/bin/yq https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64
+          sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yq
+          yq --version
+
+      - name: Update taiko-client docker-compose.yml with new image
+        working-directory: >-
+          ${{ env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}/packages/taiko-client/internal/docker/nodes
+        run: |
+          docker_compose_file="docker-compose.yml"
+          if [ -f "$docker_compose_file" ]; then
+            echo "Current image in docker-compose.yml:"
+            yq eval '.services.l2_nmc.image' "$docker_compose_file"
+            
+            echo "Updating docker-compose.yml with image: ${IMAGE_TAG}"
+            yq eval '.services.l2_nmc.image = "'"${IMAGE_TAG}"'"' -i "$docker_compose_file"
+            
+            yq eval '.services.l2_nmc.pull_policy = "never"' -i "$docker_compose_file"
+            
+            echo "Updated image in docker-compose.yml:"
+            yq eval '.services.l2_nmc.image' "$docker_compose_file"
+            
+            echo "Pull policy set to:"
+            yq eval '.services.l2_nmc.pull_policy' "$docker_compose_file"
+          else
+            echo "Warning: docker-compose.yml not found at expected path"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Run integration tests
+        working-directory: >-
+          ${{ env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}/packages/taiko-client
+        env:
+          L2_NODE: l2_nmc
+        run: >-
+          SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR, env.SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
+          PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR, env.PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
+          make test
+
+      - name: Codecov.io
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          files: ${{ env.SURGE_TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}/packages/taiko-client/coverage.out
+          flags: taiko-client
+        env:
+          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-taiko.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-taiko.yml
index d01e20692415..2d92a38090aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-taiko.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-taiko.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: "Nethermind/Ethereum Taiko Client CI Tests"
+name: "Taiko Integration Tests"
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -18,25 +18,22 @@ jobs:
       && !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'release-please') }}
     name: Integration tests
     runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 45
     env:
-      OLD_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR: old-fork-taiko-mono
-      TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR: taiko-mono-main
+      TAIKO_MONO_DIR: taiko-mono
       PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR: pacaya-fork-taiko-mono
       SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR: shasta-fork-taiko-mono
 
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        execution_node: [l2_nmc]
-
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Checkout Nethermind
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Checkout taiko-mono
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
-          repository: NethermindEth/surge-taiko-mono
-          path: ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR }}
-          ref: surge-shasta
+          repository: taikoxyz/taiko-mono
+          path: ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Install Foundry
         uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
@@ -44,14 +41,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version-file: ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR }}/go.mod
+          go-version-file: ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}/go.mod
           cache: true
 
-      - name: Set up Git to use HTTPS
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf "git@github.com:"
-
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
         with:
@@ -63,38 +55,40 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: pnpm
-          cache-dependency-path: ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR }}/pnpm-lock.yaml
+          cache-dependency-path: ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}/pnpm-lock.yaml
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        working-directory: ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR }}
+        working-directory: ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}
         shell: bash
         run: pnpm install
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Checkout Pacaya fork
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: taikoxyz/taiko-mono
           path: >-
-            ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR,
+            ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR,
             env.PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
           ref: taiko-alethia-protocol-v2.3.0-devnet-shasta-test
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Checkout Shasta fork
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: taikoxyz/taiko-mono
           path: >-
-            ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR,
+            ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR,
             env.SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
           ref: taiko-alethia-protocol-v3.0.0
 
       - name: Install pnpm dependencies for pacaya fork taiko-mono
         working-directory: >-
-          ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR,
+          ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR,
           env.PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
         run: cd ./packages/protocol && pnpm install
 
       - name: Install pnpm dependencies for shasta fork taiko-mono
         working-directory: >-
-          ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR,
+          ${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR,
           env.SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
         run: cd ./packages/protocol && pnpm install
 
@@ -132,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update taiko-client docker-compose.yml with new image
         working-directory: >-
-          ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR }}/packages/taiko-client/internal/docker/nodes
+          ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}/packages/taiko-client/internal/docker/nodes
         run: |
           docker_compose_file="docker-compose.yml"
           if [ -f "$docker_compose_file" ]; then
@@ -154,20 +148,20 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-      - name: Run Tests on ${{ matrix.execution_node }} execution engine
+      - name: Run integration tests
         working-directory: >-
-          ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR }}/packages/taiko-client
+          ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}/packages/taiko-client
         env:
-          L2_NODE: ${{ matrix.execution_node }}
+          L2_NODE: l2_nmc
         run: >-
-          SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR, env.SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
-          PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR, env.PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
+          SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR, env.SHASTA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
+          PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${{ format('{0}/{1}', env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR, env.PACAYA_FORK_TAIKO_MONO_DIR) }}
           make test
 
       - name: Codecov.io
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
-          files: ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_MAIN_DIR }}/packages/taiko-client/coverage.out
+          files: ${{ env.TAIKO_MONO_DIR }}/packages/taiko-client/coverage.out
           flags: taiko-client
         env:
           CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}