diff --git a/.config/e2e-nightly-selection.txt b/.config/e2e-nightly-selection.txt
index c54d1cf59..f34c90f2b 100644
--- a/.config/e2e-nightly-selection.txt
+++ b/.config/e2e-nightly-selection.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sha256=e58d2993aef56373d52ea40dfc6733fef42865195a71ccbd3883b0fafd84da75
+sha256=3da900ddcd7e2b9d3544bccfd69e468be5605a9fd2ea0ef5a6218304e42de5b4
diff --git a/crates/e2e_test/src/heal_erasure_disk_rebuild_test.rs b/crates/e2e_test/src/heal_erasure_disk_rebuild_test.rs
index a6963f772..8201210ec 100644
--- a/crates/e2e_test/src/heal_erasure_disk_rebuild_test.rs
+++ b/crates/e2e_test/src/heal_erasure_disk_rebuild_test.rs
@@ -769,6 +769,16 @@ mod tests {
         run_cluster_root_heal_interruption(InterruptionScenario::IsolatedTargetRestart).await
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+    async fn test_cluster_root_heal_recovers_remote_shards_after_background_target_restart()
+    -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        timeout(
+            Duration::from_secs(420),
+            run_cluster_root_heal_interruption(InterruptionScenario::BackgroundTargetRestart),
+        )
+        .await?
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
     async fn test_cluster_root_heal_recovers_remote_shards_after_coordinator_restart() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>
     {
@@ -792,6 +802,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
     enum InterruptionScenario {
         IsolatedTargetRestart,
+        BackgroundTargetRestart,
         BackgroundCoordinatorRestart,
         TargetEndpointBlackhole,
     }
@@ -799,6 +810,7 @@ mod tests {
     async fn run_cluster_root_heal_interruption(scenario: InterruptionScenario) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
         let (background_enabled, interruption_node, interruption_kind) = match scenario {
             InterruptionScenario::IsolatedTargetRestart => (false, 1, "target_restart"),
+            InterruptionScenario::BackgroundTargetRestart => (true, 1, "background_target_restart"),
             InterruptionScenario::BackgroundCoordinatorRestart => (true, 0, "coordinator_restart"),
             InterruptionScenario::TargetEndpointBlackhole => (false, 1, "target_endpoint_blackhole"),
         };