diff --git a/.github/workflows/cypress.yml b/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
index cab1b67f1..7f3996a06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ jobs:
       npmVersion: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.npmVersion }}
 
     env:
+      # We'll install cypress in the cypress job
+      CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=: 0
       PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD: true
 
     steps:
@@ -88,8 +90,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # Run multiple copies of the current job in parallel
-        # Please increase the number or runners as your tests suite grows
-        containers: ['component', '1', '2', '3']
+        # Please increase the number or runners as your tests suite grows (0 based index for e2e tests)
+        containers: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
+        # Hack as strategy.job-total includes the component and GitHub does not allow math expressions
+        # Always align this number with the total of e2e runners (max. index + 1)
+        total-containers: [8]```
 
     name: runner ${{ matrix.containers }}
 
@@ -109,17 +114,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up npm ${{ needs.init.outputs.npmVersion }}
         run: npm i -g 'npm@${{ needs.init.outputs.npmVersion }}'
 
+      - name: Install cypress
+        run: ./node_modules/cypress/bin/cypress install
+
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.containers == 'component' && 'component' || 'E2E' }} cypress tests
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@0da3c06ed8217b912deea9d8ee69630baed1737e # v6.7.6
         with:
-          record: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY && true }}
-          parallel: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY && true }}
+          # We already installed the dependencies in the init job
+          install: false
           # cypress run type
           component: ${{ matrix.containers == 'component' }}
-          group: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY && env.CYPRESS_GROUP }}
-          # cypress env
-          ci-build-id: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY && env.CYPRESS_BUILD_ID }}
-          tag: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY && github.event_name }}
+          # Do not add Cypress record key config as this conflicts with cypress-split
+          # Cypress again tries to force users to buy their dashboard...
         env:
           # Needs to be prefixed with CYPRESS_
           CYPRESS_BRANCH: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
@@ -128,9 +134,8 @@ jobs:
           # Needed for some specific code workarounds
           TESTING: true
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY }}
-          CYPRESS_BUILD_ID: ${{ github.sha }}-${{ github.run_number }}
-          CYPRESS_GROUP: Run ${{ matrix.containers == 'component' && 'component' || 'E2E' }}
+          SPLIT: ${{ matrix.total-containers }}
+          SPLIT_INDEX: ${{ matrix.containers == 'component' && 0 || matrix.containers }}
 
       - name: Upload snapshots
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@50769540e7f4bd5e21e526ee35c689e35e0d6874 # v4.4.0