diff --git a/.github/workflows/simorgh-e2e-application.yml b/.github/workflows/simorgh-e2e-application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d74848451c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/simorgh-e2e-application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: Cypress E2E - Application
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  cypress-run:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 4
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [22.x]
+        shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    env:
+      CI: true
+      LOG_LEVEL: 'error'
+      CYPRESS_SKIP_EU: true
+      CYPRESS_SMOKE: true
+      CYPRESS_APP_ENV: 'local'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Use Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          cache: 'yarn'
+
+      - name: Add bbc.com domain
+        run: sudo echo "127.0.0.1 localhost.bbc.com" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
+
+      - name: Install Cypress dependency
+        run: |
+          chmod +x ./scripts/installCypress.sh
+          ./scripts/installCypress.sh
+
+      - name: Install Cypress binary
+        run: yarn cypress:install
+
+      - name: Compute spec shard
+        id: specs
+        run: |
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          find cypress/e2e -type f -name '*.cy.*' | sort > specs.txt
+          TOTAL=${{ strategy.job-total }}
+          INDEX=${{ matrix.shard }}
+          ZERO=$((INDEX - 1))
+          COUNT=$(wc -l < specs.txt)
+
+          if [ "$COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
+                echo "SPECS=" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+                echo "HAS_SPECS=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+                exit 0
+                fi
+
+          LPS=$(( (COUNT + TOTAL - 1) / TOTAL ))
+          split -d -l "$LPS" specs.txt chunk_
+          FILE=$(printf "chunk_%02d" "$ZERO")
+          echo "SPECS<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          cat "$FILE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "HAS_SPECS=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Run Simorgh E2Es (Application)
+        if: steps.specs.outputs.HAS_SPECS == 'true'
+        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
+        with:
+          install: false
+          build: yarn build
+          start: yarn start
+          spec: |
+            ${{ steps.specs.outputs.SPECS }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/simorgh-e2e-application-nextjs.yml b/.github/workflows/simorgh-e2e-nextjs.yml
similarity index 51%
rename from .github/workflows/simorgh-e2e-application-nextjs.yml
rename to .github/workflows/simorgh-e2e-nextjs.yml
index 155ffcde573..65ecc890015 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simorgh-e2e-application-nextjs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simorgh-e2e-nextjs.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-name: Cypress E2E - Application & NextJS
+name: Cypress E2E - NextJS
+
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - '**'
+
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
@@ -10,8 +12,11 @@ jobs:
   cypress-run:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
         node-version: [22.x]
+        shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
     env:
       CI: true
       LOG_LEVEL: 'error'
@@ -23,30 +28,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      - name: Use Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          cache: 'yarn'
 
       - name: Add bbc.com domain
         run: sudo echo "127.0.0.1 localhost.bbc.com" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
 
-      - name: Install Cypress dependency
-        run: |
-          chmod +x ./scripts/installCypress.sh
-          ./scripts/installCypress.sh
-
-      - name: Install Cypress binary
-        run: yarn cypress:install
-
-      - name: Run Simorgh E2Es (Application)
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
-        with:
-          install: false
-          build: yarn build
-          start: yarn start
-          command: yarn cypress:application
-
       - name: Install Cypress dependency (Next.js app)
         run: |
           chmod +x ./scripts/installCypress.sh
@@ -56,11 +46,35 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ws-nextjs-app
         run: yarn cypress:install
 
+      - name: Compute spec shard
+        id: specs
+        working-directory: ws-nextjs-app
+        run: |
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          find cypress/e2e -type f -name '*.cy.*' | sort > specs.txt
+          TOTAL=${{ strategy.job-total }}
+          INDEX=${{ matrix.shard }}
+          ZERO=$((INDEX - 1))
+          COUNT=$(wc -l < specs.txt)
+          if [ "$COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "SPECS=" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "HAS_SPECS=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          LPS=$(( (COUNT + TOTAL - 1) / TOTAL ))
+          split -d -l "$LPS" specs.txt chunk_
+          FILE=$(printf "chunk_%02d" "$ZERO")
+          echo "SPECS<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          cat "$FILE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "HAS_SPECS=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
       - name: Run Simorgh NextJS E2Es
+        if: steps.specs.outputs.HAS_SPECS == 'true'
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
         with:
           install: false
           working-directory: ws-nextjs-app
           build: yarn build
           start: yarn start
-          command: yarn cypress
+          spec: ${{ steps.specs.outputs.SPECS }}