diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_ValidatesRunner_Dataflow_Streaming_Engine.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_ValidatesRunner_Dataflow_Streaming_Engine.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e623d3373a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_ValidatesRunner_Dataflow_Streaming_Engine.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "comment": "Modify this file in a trivial way to cause this test suite to run!",
+  "modification":  1,
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/beam_PostCommit_Java_ValidatesRunner_Dataflow_Streaming_Engine.yml b/.github/workflows/beam_PostCommit_Java_ValidatesRunner_Dataflow_Streaming_Engine.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99f67b3fb31c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/beam_PostCommit_Java_ValidatesRunner_Dataflow_Streaming_Engine.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+name: PostCommit Java ValidatesRunner Dataflow Streaming Engine
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 4/8 * * *'
+  pull_request_target:
+    paths: ['release/trigger_all_tests.json', '.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_ValidatesRunner_Dataflow_Streaming_Engine.json']
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.issue.number || github.sha || github.head_ref || github.ref }}-${{ github.event.schedule || github.event.comment.id || github.event.sender.login }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+#Setting explicit permissions for the action to avoid the default permissions which are `write-all` in case of pull_request_target event
+permissions:
+  actions: write
+  pull-requests: write
+  checks: write
+  contents: read
+  deployments: read
+  id-token: none
+  issues: write
+  discussions: read
+  packages: read
+  pages: read
+  repository-projects: read
+  security-events: read
+  statuses: read
+
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.GE_CACHE_USERNAME }}
+  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GE_CACHE_PASSWORD }}
+
+jobs:
+  beam_PostCommit_Java_ValidatesRunner_Dataflow_Streaming:
+    name: ${{ matrix.job_name }} (${{ matrix.job_phrase }})
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, ubuntu-20.04, main]
+    timeout-minutes: 720
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        job_name: [beam_PostCommit_Java_ValidatesRunner_Dataflow_Streaming_Engine]
+        job_phrase: [Run Dataflow Streaming Engine ValidatesRunner]
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
+      github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' ||
+      (github.event_name == 'schedule' && github.repository == 'apache/beam') ||
+      github.event.comment.body == 'Run Dataflow Streaming Engine ValidatesRunner'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup repository
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-action
+        with:
+          comment_phrase: ${{ matrix.job_phrase }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          github_job: ${{ matrix.job_name }} (${{ matrix.job_phrase }})
+      - name: Setup environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-environment-action
+        with:
+          java-version: default
+      - name: run validatesRunnerStreaming script
+        uses: ./.github/actions/gradle-command-self-hosted-action
+        with:
+          gradle-command: :runners:google-cloud-dataflow-java:validatesRunnerStreamingEngine
+          max-workers: 12
+      - name: Archive JUnit Test Results
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: ${{ !success() }}
+        with:
+          name: JUnit Test Results
+          path: "**/build/reports/tests/"
+      - name: Publish JUnit Test Results
+        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@v2
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          commit: '${{ env.prsha || env.GITHUB_SHA }}'
+          comment_mode: ${{ github.event_name == 'issue_comment'  && 'always' || 'off' }}
+          files: '**/build/test-results/**/*.xml'
+          large_files: true
diff --git a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/build.gradle b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/build.gradle
index bca8847fd4af..49de59fac32c 100644
--- a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/build.gradle
+++ b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/build.gradle
@@ -506,6 +506,17 @@ task validatesRunnerStreamingTagEncodingV2 {
   ]))
 }
 
+task validatesRunnerStreamingEngine {
+  group = "Verification"
+  description "Validates Dataflow runner forcing streaming mode on streaming engine"
+  dependsOn(createLegacyWorkerValidatesRunnerTest(validatesRunnerStreamingConfig + [
+    name: 'validatesRunnerLegacyWorkerTestStreamingEngine',
+    pipelineOptions: validatesRunnerStreamingConfig.pipelineOptions + [
+      '--experiments=enable_streaming_engine',
+    ],
+  ]))
+}
+
 def setupXVR = tasks.register("setupXVR") {
   dependsOn buildAndPushDockerJavaContainer
   dependsOn buildAndPushDockerPythonContainer