diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7689bc93..fa832dbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run test:guards -w scripts/harness
         env:
           HARNESS_NETWORK: local
+      - name: Build the vault without the wind-down minimum
+        run:
+          CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target/short-wind-down stellar contract build
+          --package async-vault --features short_wind_down
+      - name: Run a wind-down on a throwaway vault on the local network
+        run: npm run test:wind-down -w scripts/harness
+        env:
+          HARNESS_NETWORK: local
       - name: Keep the harness report when it fails
         if: failure()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2