diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0a7010f5f863e..43c0e2fe8cc59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-key: clippy
           components: clippy
       - run: cargo lint -- -D warnings
+      - run: cargo lint --profile dev-no-debug-assertions -- -D warnings
       - name: Check Char and Byte Offset
         run: |
           npm i @ast-grep/cli -g
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7dad256f2d801..8951e0dce0494 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -247,3 +247,10 @@ codegen-units = 256 # Compile faster
 lto = "thin" # Faster compile time with thin LTO
 debug-assertions = true # Make sure `debug_assert!`s pass
 overflow-checks = true # Catch arithmetic overflow errors
+
+# Profile for linting with release mode-like settings.
+# Catches lint errors which only appear in release mode.
+# `cargo lint --profile dev-no-debug-assertions` is about 35% faster than `cargo lint --release`.
+[profile.dev-no-debug-assertions]
+inherits = "dev"
+debug-assertions = false