diff --git a/.github/actions/maestro-ios/action.yml b/.github/actions/maestro-ios/action.yml
index 9a07eb8e7fd..ba1c9880804 100644
--- a/.github/actions/maestro-ios/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/maestro-ios/action.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ runs:
       run: |
         cd ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
         yarn start &
+        sleep 5 # to give metro time to load
     - name: Run tests
       id: run-tests
       shell: bash
@@ -68,8 +69,13 @@ runs:
         echo "Launch the app"
         xcrun simctl launch $UDID ${{ inputs.app-id }}
 
+        if [[ ${{ inputs.flavor }} == 'Debug' ]]; then
+          # To give the app time to warm the metro's cache
+          sleep 5
+        fi
+
         echo "Running tests with Maestro"
-        export MAESTRO_DRIVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=1800000 # 30 min. CI is extremely slow
+        export MAESTRO_DRIVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=1200000 # 20 min. CI is extremely slow
 
         # Add retries for flakyness
         MAX_ATTEMPTS=5
@@ -112,6 +118,8 @@ runs:
           video_record_1.mov
           video_record_2.mov
           video_record_3.mov
+          video_record_4.mov
+          video_record_5.mov
           report.xml
     - name: Store Logs
       if: failure() && steps.run-tests.outcome == 'failure'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-all.yml b/.github/workflows/test-all.yml
index eb456dcc3a0..4c6d0d64dcf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-all.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-all.yml
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ jobs:
           react-native-version: ${{ needs.prepare_hermes_workspace.outputs.react-native-version }}
 
   test_e2e_ios_rntester:
-    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || contains(github.ref,  'stable') || inputs.run-e2e-tests }}
-    runs-on: macos-13
+    # if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || contains(github.ref,  'stable') || inputs.run-e2e-tests }}
+    runs-on: macos-13-large
     needs:
       [build_apple_slices_hermes, prepare_hermes_workspace, build_hermes_macos]
     env:
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ jobs:
           flavor: ${{ matrix.flavor }}
 
   test_e2e_ios_templateapp:
-    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || contains(github.ref,  'stable') || inputs.run-e2e-tests }}
-    runs-on: macos-13
+    # if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || contains(github.ref,  'stable') || inputs.run-e2e-tests }}
+    runs-on: macos-13-large
     needs: build_npm_package
     env:
       HERMES_WS_DIR: /tmp/hermes