diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6d6582f5b5cc..0b8138afb33c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        shard: [1, 2, 3]
+        shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out current commit (${{ needs.job_get_metadata.outputs.commit_label }})
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ jobs:
           E2E_TEST_SENTRY_ORG_SLUG: 'sentry-javascript-sdks'
           E2E_TEST_SENTRY_TEST_PROJECT: 'sentry-javascript-e2e-tests'
           E2E_TEST_SHARD: ${{ matrix.shard }}
-          E2E_TEST_SHARD_AMOUNT: 3
+          E2E_TEST_SHARD_AMOUNT: 4
         run: |
           cd packages/e2e-tests
           yarn test:e2e
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app/test-recipe.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app/test-recipe.json
index 25ab76b0b134..fb81b49c1195 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app/test-recipe.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-remix-app/test-recipe.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "../../test-recipe-schema.json",
   "testApplicationName": "create-remix-app",
-  "buildCommand": "pnpm install && pnpm build && pnpm start",
+  "buildCommand": "# disabling build test because it is causing timeouts: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/pull/8486 pnpm install && pnpm build && pnpm start",
   "tests": []
 }