diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yaml
index 9e55eb0431..4986e29fe6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yaml
@@ -118,6 +118,76 @@ jobs:
           fail_ci_if_error: true
           files: ./coverage-integration.txt, ./coverage-unit.txt
           verbose: true
+  Compile-and-upload-binaries:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          # we cannot use 1.20.6 version of go bc of a bug in go 1.20.6 that affects testcontainers
+          # should be changed back '1.20' once this is fixed
+          go-version: '1.20.5'
+          cache: true
+      - name: goreleaser
+        run: |
+          echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://repo.goreleaser.com/apt/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/goreleaser.list
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install goreleaser
+          GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) goreleaser build  --clean --snapshot
+      - name: Upload macos
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: binaries-macos-unsigned
+          path: dist/weaviate_darwin_all
+      - name: Upload windows
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: binaries-windows-amd64
+          path: dist/weaviate_windows_amd64_v1
+      - name: Upload windows
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: binaries-windows-arm64
+          path: dist/weaviate_windows_arm64
+      - name: Upload linux amd64
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: binaries-linux-amd64
+          path: dist/weaviate_linux_amd64_v1
+      - name: Upload linux arm64
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: binaries-linux-arm64
+          path: dist/weaviate_linux_arm64
+
+
+  Acceptance-Tests-windows:
+    needs: Compile-and-upload-binaries
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    env:
+      AUTHENTICATION_ANONYMOUS_ACCESS_ENABLED: true
+      PERSISTENCE_DATA_PATH: /tmp
+      QUERY_DEFAULTS_LIMIT: 20
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Download binaries
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: binaries-windows-amd64
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          # we cannot use 1.20.6 version of go bc of a bug in go 1.20.6 that affects testcontainers
+          # should be changed back '1.20' once this is fixed
+          go-version: '1.20.5'
+          cache: true
+      - name: start weaviate
+        shell: bash
+        run: ./weaviate.exe --scheme http --port 8080 &
+      - name: run acceptance tests
+        shell: bash
+        run: go test -count 1 -race test/acceptance/actions/*.go
 
   Push-Docker:
     needs: [Acceptance-Tests, Modules-Acceptance-Tests, Unit-Tests, Integration-Tests, Vulnerability-Scanning, Run-Swagger]
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index ebbd13cb29..7a8b61343c 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ builds:
     goos:
       - linux
       - darwin
+      - windows
     main: ./cmd/weaviate-server
     goarch:
       - amd64
diff --git a/test/acceptance/run.sh b/test/acceptance/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..588550e11c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/acceptance/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eou pipefail
+
+function main() {
+  # needed for test/docker package during replication tests
+  export TEST_WEAVIATE_IMAGE=weaviate/test-server
+  # for now we need to run the tests sequentially, there seems to be some sort of issues with running them in parallel
+    for pkg in $(go list ./... | grep 'test/acceptance' | grep -v 'test/acceptance/stress_tests' ); do
+      if ! go test -count 1 -race "$pkg"; then
+        echo "Test for $pkg failed" >&2
+        return 1
+      fi
+    done
+    for pkg in $(go list ./... | grep 'test/acceptance/stress_tests' ); do
+      if ! go test -count 1 "$pkg"; then
+        echo "Test for $pkg failed" >&2
+        return 1
+      fi
+    done
+    # tests with go client are in a separate package with its own dependencies to isolate them
+    cd 'test/acceptance_with_go_client'
+    for pkg in $(go list ./... ); do
+      if ! go test -count 1 -race "$pkg"; then
+        echo "Test for $pkg failed" >&2
+        return 1
+      fi
+    done
+}
+
+main "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/run.sh b/test/run.sh
index 03121a8c13..ac94f9ac40 100755
--- a/test/run.sh
+++ b/test/run.sh
@@ -118,29 +118,7 @@ function run_integration_tests() {
 }
 
 function run_acceptance_tests() {
-  # needed for test/docker package during replication tests
-  export TEST_WEAVIATE_IMAGE=weaviate/test-server
-  # for now we need to run the tests sequentially, there seems to be some sort of issues with running them in parallel
-    for pkg in $(go list ./... | grep 'test/acceptance' | grep -v 'test/acceptance/stress_tests' ); do
-      if ! go test -count 1 -race "$pkg"; then
-        echo "Test for $pkg failed" >&2
-        return 1
-      fi
-    done
-    for pkg in $(go list ./... | grep 'test/acceptance/stress_tests' ); do
-      if ! go test -count 1 "$pkg"; then
-        echo "Test for $pkg failed" >&2
-        return 1
-      fi
-    done
-    # tests with go client are in a separate package with its own dependencies to isolate them
-    cd 'test/acceptance_with_go_client'
-    for pkg in $(go list ./... ); do
-      if ! go test -count 1 -race "$pkg"; then
-        echo "Test for $pkg failed" >&2
-        return 1
-      fi
-    done
+  ./test/acceptance/run.sh --include-slow
 }
 
 function run_module_tests() {