diff --git a/.github/workflows/vm2-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/vm2-ci.yml
index 043d337518..78c27e4fc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vm2-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vm2-ci.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
           - os: {name: omnios}
             compiler: clang
-          # vmactions/solaris-vm works but is very slow to install gcc. Disable it for now
-          - os: {name: solaris}
           - os: {name: solaris}
             compiler: clang
 
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ jobs:
           /opt/csw/bin/pkgutil -U
           /opt/csw/bin/pkgutil -y -i \
             ccache \
-            gcc5core \
             gmake \
             libcurl_dev \
             libssl_dev
@@ -185,6 +182,7 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.os.name == 'solaris'
         uses: vmactions/solaris-vm@v1
         with:
+          release: "11.4-gcc"
           usesh: true
           mem: 4096
           prepare: |
diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index f111b9c49c..27c6195519 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
    Entries may not always be in chronological/commit order.
    See license at the end of file. */
 
+2025-01-24 07:02 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
+  * .github/workflows/vm2-ci.yml
+    * reenabled solaris build with release 11.4-gcc
+
 2025-01-23 17:45 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
   * include/hbdate.h
   * src/common/hbdate.c