diff --git a/.github/workflows/contrib-openai.yml b/.github/workflows/contrib-openai.yml
index 5e4ba17037..92216cd8fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contrib-openai.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contrib-openai.yml
@@ -334,3 +334,42 @@ jobs:
           with:
             file: ./coverage.xml
             flags: unittests
+
+  AgentOptimizer:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+        python-version: [ "3.11" ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: openai1
+    steps:
+      # checkout to pr branch
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install packages and dependencies
+        run: |
+          docker --version
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
+          pip install -e .
+          python -c "import autogen"
+          pip install coverage pytest
+      - name: Coverage
+        env:
+          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
+          AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY }}
+          AZURE_OPENAI_API_BASE: ${{ secrets.AZURE_OPENAI_API_BASE }}
+          OAI_CONFIG_LIST: ${{ secrets.OAI_CONFIG_LIST }}
+        run: |
+          coverage run -a -m pytest test/agentchat/contrib/test_agent_optimizer.py
+          coverage xml
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        with:
+          file: ./coverage.xml
+          flags: unittests
diff --git a/test/agentchat/contrib/test_agent_optimizer.py b/test/agentchat/contrib/test_agent_optimizer.py
index 9861e518ae..9587c9d597 100644
--- a/test/agentchat/contrib/test_agent_optimizer.py
+++ b/test/agentchat/contrib/test_agent_optimizer.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import autogen
 from autogen import AssistantAgent, UserProxyAgent
 from autogen.agentchat.contrib.agent_optimizer import AgentOptimizer
 
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../.."))
 from conftest import reason, skip_openai
 from test_assistant_agent import KEY_LOC, OAI_CONFIG_LIST