diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3a06e4667..5e18f8132 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -800,6 +800,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify awscurl
         run: test -x "$AWSCURL_PATH"
 
+      - name: Install mc
+        env:
+          MC_VERSION: RELEASE.2025-08-13T08-35-41Z
+          MC_SHA256: 01f866e9c5f9b87c2b09116fa5d7c06695b106242d829a8bb32990c00312e891
+        run: |
+          MC_BINARY="mc.linux-amd64.${MC_VERSION}"
+          curl -fsSLo "$RUNNER_TEMP/mc" "https://github.com/minio/mc/releases/download/${MC_VERSION}/${MC_BINARY}"
+          echo "${MC_SHA256}  $RUNNER_TEMP/mc" | sha256sum --check --status
+          chmod +x "$RUNNER_TEMP/mc"
+          echo "$RUNNER_TEMP" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+      - name: Verify mc
+        run: mc --version
+
       - name: Install Vault
         run: |
           VAULT_VERSION="1.17.6"
diff --git a/crates/e2e_test/src/mc_mirror_small_bucket_test.rs b/crates/e2e_test/src/mc_mirror_small_bucket_test.rs
index 2a9c1a507..213da60c0 100644
--- a/crates/e2e_test/src/mc_mirror_small_bucket_test.rs
+++ b/crates/e2e_test/src/mc_mirror_small_bucket_test.rs
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ async fn create_issue_3107_fixture(root: &Path) -> TestResult {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn mc_available() -> bool {
-    Command::new("mc")
-        .arg("--version")
-        .output()
-        .is_ok_and(|output| output.status.success())
-}
-
 fn run_mc(args: &[&str]) -> TestResult {
     let output = Command::new("mc").args(args).output()?;
     if !output.status.success() {
@@ -75,10 +68,7 @@ fn count_files(root: &Path) -> usize {
 async fn test_mc_mirror_small_bucket_completes_without_list_timeout() -> TestResult {
     crate::common::init_logging();
     info!("Starting issue #3107 mc mirror regression test");
-    if !mc_available() {
-        info!("Skipping issue #3107 mc mirror regression test because mc is not installed");
-        return Ok(());
-    }
+    run_mc(&["--version"])?;
 
     let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
     env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;