diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8b8f966622..28c01b2b47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ jobs:
           npx playwright install-deps chromium
       - run: npm run env # Generate env.generated.ts from environment variables
       - run: npm run int:test # Validate i18n JSON files
+      - run: npm run test:electron # Node-side unit tests for electron/*.cjs
       - run: npm run test
       - name: Build Frontend for E2E
         run: npm run buildFrontend:e2e
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3102c49b17..058bd2e40b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
     "prettier:file": "prettier --write",
     "lint:file": "ng lint --lint-file-patterns",
     "test:file": "cross-env TZ='Europe/Berlin' ng test --watch=false --include",
+    "test:electron": "node --test electron/*.test.cjs",
     "test:fast": "cross-env TZ='Europe/Berlin' NODE_OPTIONS='--max-old-space-size=4096' ng test --watch=false --no-code-coverage --source-map=false",
     "test:fast:watch": "cross-env TZ='Europe/Berlin' NODE_OPTIONS='--max-old-space-size=4096' ng test --browsers ChromeHeadless --no-code-coverage --source-map=false",
     "test:shard:features": "cross-env TZ='Europe/Berlin' ng test --watch=false --include='src/app/features/**/*.spec.ts'",