diff --git a/.azure/ci-testig-parameterized.yml b/.azure/ci-testig-parameterized.yml
index 43204124..e5246923 100644
--- a/.azure/ci-testig-parameterized.yml
+++ b/.azure/ci-testig-parameterized.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ jobs:
         - "microsoft/deepspeed-release.yaml"
         - "neptune-ai/lightning_integration.yaml"
         - "manujosephv/pytorch-tabular_lit-release.yaml"
+        - "NVIDIA/nemo-release.yaml"
diff --git a/configs/NVIDIA/nemo-release.yaml b/configs/NVIDIA/nemo-release.yaml
index 3bde0ac3..bbc40e8e 100644
--- a/configs/NVIDIA/nemo-release.yaml
+++ b/configs/NVIDIA/nemo-release.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ dependencies:
     install_extras: loggers
 
 testing:
+  dirs:
+    - tests
   # additional pytest arguments
   pytest_args: -m "not pleasefixme and not torch_tts" --cpu --with_downloads --relax_numba_compat