diff --git a/.github/scripts/set-test-package-matrix.sh b/.github/scripts/set-test-package-matrix.sh
index ce98487537..8bccd2b711 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/set-test-package-matrix.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/set-test-package-matrix.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # set matrix var to list of unique packages containing tests
-matrix="$(go list -json="ImportPath,TestGoFiles" ./... | jq --compact-output '. | select(.TestGoFiles != null) | .ImportPath' | jq --slurp --compact-output '.')"
+matrix="$(go list -json="ImportPath,TestGoFiles,XTestGoFiles" ./... | jq --compact-output '. | select(.TestGoFiles != null or .XTestGoFiles != null) | .ImportPath' | jq --slurp --compact-output '.')"
 
-echo "matrix=${matrix}" | tee -a "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "matrix=${matrix}" | tee -a "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"