diff --git a/.buildkite/CUDA_Ext.yml b/.buildkite/CUDA_Ext.yml
index b5035f9f..589a310d 100644
--- a/.buildkite/CUDA_Ext.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/CUDA_Ext.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ steps:
       setup:
         version:
           - "1.10" # oldest
-          #- "1"    # latest
+          - "1"    # latest
     plugins:
       - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
           version: "{{matrix.version}}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index f1ebe096..e45dcbbf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         # for core tests (latest and oldest supported versions)
         version:
           - '1.10' # oldest
-        #  - '1'    # latest
+          - '1'    # latest
         node:
           - os: 'ubuntu-latest'
             arch: 'x64'
@@ -52,14 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         group:
           - 'Core'
 
-        include:
-          # for code quality tests
-          - version: '1'
-            node: 
-              os: 'ubuntu-latest'
-              arch: 'x64'
-            group: 'Code-Quality'
-
+        # include:
           # for core tests (intermediate versions)
           # - version: '1.x'
           #   node:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/Code-Quality.yml b/.github/workflows/Code-Quality.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29d56c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/Code-Quality.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: Code Quality
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/Code-Quality.yml'
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'ext/**'
+      - 'test/runtests.jl'
+      - 'test/core-test/**'
+      - 'Project.toml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/Code-Quality.yml'
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'ext/**'
+      - 'test/runtests.jl'
+      - 'test/core-test/**'
+      - 'Project.toml'
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+      - ready_for_review
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Julia ${{ matrix.version }} - ${{ matrix.os }} - ${{ matrix.arch }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    permissions: # needed to allow julia-actions/cache to delete old caches that it has created
+      actions: write
+      contents: read
+    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.draft }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        version:
+          - '1'
+        os:
+          - 'ubuntu-latest'
+        arch:
+          - 'x64'
+        group:
+          - 'Code-Quality'
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
+        with:
+          version: ${{ matrix.version }}
+          arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
+      - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@v1
+        env:
+          GROUP: ${{ matrix.group }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9601e3b8..f3bfceee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ and [Y.-T. Huang](https://github.com/ytdHuang).
 <!-- Table of Badges -->
 | **Release**       | [![Release][release-img]][release-url] [![License][license-img]][license-url] [![DOI][doi-img]][doi-url] [![Downloads][download-img]][download-url] |
 |:-----------------:|:-------------|
-| **Runtests**      | [![Runtests][runtests-img]][runtests-url] [![Coverage][codecov-img]][codecov-url] [![Aqua QA][aqua-img]][aqua-url] [![JET][jet-img]][jet-url] |
+| **Runtests**      | [![Runtests][runtests-img]][runtests-url] [![Coverage][codecov-img]][codecov-url] |
+| **Code Quality**  | [![Code Quality][code-quality-img]][code-quality-url] [![Aqua QA][aqua-img]][aqua-url] [![JET][jet-img]][jet-url] |
 | **Documentation** | [![Doc-Stable][docs-stable-img]][docs-stable-url] [![Doc-Dev][docs-develop-img]][docs-develop-url] |
 | **Benchmark** | [![Benchmarks][benchmark-img]][benchmark-url] |
 | **Support** | [![Unitary Fund](https://img.shields.io/badge/Supported%20By-UNITARY%20FUND-brightgreen.svg?style=for-the-badge)](https://unitary.fund) |
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ and [Y.-T. Huang](https://github.com/ytdHuang).
 [codecov-img]: https://codecov.io/gh/qutip/QuantumToolbox.jl/branch/main/graph/badge.svg
 [codecov-url]: https://codecov.io/gh/qutip/QuantumToolbox.jl
 
+[code-quality-img]: https://github.com/qutip/QuantumToolbox.jl/actions/workflows/Code-Quality.yml/badge.svg 
+[code-quality-url]: https://github.com/qutip/QuantumToolbox.jl/actions/workflows/Code-Quality.yml
+
 [aqua-img]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl/master/badge.svg
 [aqua-url]: https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl