diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-test-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-test-pypi.yml
index 35cbc4dc3..9fe502254 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-test-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-test-pypi.yml
@@ -239,5 +239,6 @@ jobs:
         pip install pytest nbval
         llama stack build --template together --image-type venv
         pytest -v -s --nbval-lax ./docs/notebooks/Llama_Stack_Building_AI_Applications.ipynb
+        pytest -v -s --nbval-lax ./docs/notebooks/Llama_Stack_Benchmark_Evals.ipynb
 
     # TODO: add trigger for integration test workflow & docker builds
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/Llama_Stack_Benchmark_Evals.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/Llama_Stack_Benchmark_Evals.ipynb
index a91f4d929..730017232 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/Llama_Stack_Benchmark_Evals.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/Llama_Stack_Benchmark_Evals.ipynb
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
         }
       ],
       "source": [
+        "# NBVAL_SKIP\n",
         "!pip install -U llama-stack"
       ]
     },
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@
         }
       ],
       "source": [
+        "# NBVAL_SKIP\n",
         "!llama stack build --template together --image-type venv"
       ]
     },