diff --git a/tests/policies/test_pi05_openpi.py b/tests/policies/test_pi05_openpi.py
index 8d947e533..cee7d3248 100644
--- a/tests/policies/test_pi05_openpi.py
+++ b/tests/policies/test_pi05_openpi.py
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ pytest.importorskip("transformers")
 from lerobot.policies.pi0_openpi.configuration_pi0openpi import PI0OpenPIConfig
 from lerobot.policies.pi0_openpi.modeling_pi0openpi import PI0OpenPIPolicy
 from lerobot.policies.pi05_openpi import PI05OpenPIConfig, PI05OpenPIPolicy
-from tests.utils import require_nightly_gpu
+from tests.utils import require_cuda
 
 
-@require_nightly_gpu
+@require_cuda
 def test_pi05_model_architecture():
     """Test that pi05=True creates the correct model architecture."""
     print("Testing PI0.5 model architecture...")
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_pi05_model_architecture():
     print("✓ AdaRMS correctly configured: PaliGemma=False, Expert=True")
 
 
-@require_nightly_gpu
+@require_cuda
 def test_pi05_forward_pass():
     """Test forward pass with"""
     print("\nTesting PI0.5 forward pass...")
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def test_pi05_forward_pass():
         raise
 
 
-@require_nightly_gpu
+@require_cuda
 def test_pi0_vs_pi05_differences():
     """Test key differences between pi0 and pi05 modes."""
     print("\nComparing PI0 vs PI0.5 architectures...")
diff --git a/tests/policies/test_pi0_original_vs_lerobot.py b/tests/policies/test_pi0_original_vs_lerobot.py
index b5fab6164..688d24749 100644
--- a/tests/policies/test_pi0_original_vs_lerobot.py
+++ b/tests/policies/test_pi0_original_vs_lerobot.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from openpi.models_pytorch.pi0_pytorch import PI0Pytorch
 from transformers import AutoTokenizer
 
 from lerobot.policies.pi0_openpi import PI0OpenPIConfig, PI0OpenPIPolicy
-from tests.utils import require_nightly_gpu
+from tests.utils import require_cuda
 
 DUMMY_ACTION_DIM = 32
 DUMMY_STATE_DIM = 32
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def create_original_observation_from_lerobot(lerobot_pi0, batch):
     )
 
 
-@require_nightly_gpu
+@require_cuda
 def test_pi0_original_vs_lerobot():
     """Test PI0 original implementation vs LeRobot implementation."""
     print("Initializing models...")
diff --git a/tests/policies/test_pi0_pi05_hub.py b/tests/policies/test_pi0_pi05_hub.py
index 5190b88ed..8d123a1a4 100644
--- a/tests/policies/test_pi0_pi05_hub.py
+++ b/tests/policies/test_pi0_pi05_hub.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pytest.importorskip("transformers")
 
 from lerobot.policies.pi0_openpi import PI0OpenPIPolicy
 from lerobot.policies.pi05_openpi.modeling_pi05openpi import PI05OpenPIPolicy
-from tests.utils import require_nightly_gpu
+from tests.utils import require_cuda
 
 
 def create_dummy_stats(config):
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ def create_dummy_stats(config):
     return dummy_stats
 
 
-@require_nightly_gpu
+@require_cuda
 def test_pi0_hub_loading():
     """Test loading PI0 model from HuggingFace hub."""
     _test_hub_loading(model_id="pepijn223/pi0_base_fp32", model_name="PI0")
 
 
-@require_nightly_gpu
+@require_cuda
 def test_pi05_hub_loading():
     """Test loading PI0.5 model from HuggingFace hub."""
     _test_hub_loading(model_id="pepijn223/pi05_base_fp32", model_name="PI0.5")
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ MODEL_TEST_PARAMS = [
 ]
 
 
-@require_nightly_gpu
+@require_cuda
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("model_id,model_type,policy_class", MODEL_TEST_PARAMS)
 def test_all_base_models_hub_loading(model_id, model_type, policy_class):
     """Test loading and basic functionality of all 6 base models from HuggingFace Hub.
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 2a4b922c4..3d23dd4f0 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -169,17 +169,15 @@ def require_package_arg(func):
 
 def require_nightly_gpu(func):
     """
-    Decorator that skips the test unless running in nightly environment with GPU.
-    Combines GPU availability check with nightly workflow detection.
+    Decorator that skips the test if GPU is not available.
+    Renamed from require_nightly_gpu to maintain backward compatibility,
+    but now only requires GPU availability (not nightly workflow).
     """
 
     @require_cuda
     @wraps(func)
     def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-        # Check if running in nightly workflow (GitHub Actions)
-        is_nightly = os.environ.get("GITHUB_WORKFLOW") == "Nightly"
-        if not is_nightly:
-            pytest.skip("Test only runs in nightly workflow with GPU")
+        # Only check for GPU availability, no longer require nightly workflow
         return func(*args, **kwargs)
 
     return wrapper