diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/server-ci.yml
index 266e70feb1..6da445a0f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-ci.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           $TRAVIS_DIR/run-api-test.sh $BACKEND $REPORT_DIR
 
+      - name: Run Gremlin Console smoke test
+        if: ${{ matrix.BACKEND == 'rocksdb' }}
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
+          SERVER_DIR=hugegraph-server/apache-hugegraph-server-$VERSION/
+          bash "$TRAVIS_DIR/run-gremlin-console-smoke-test.sh" "$SERVER_DIR"
+
       # TODO: disable raft test in normal PR due to the always timeout problem
       - name: Run raft test
         if: ${{ env.RAFT_MODE == 'true' && env.BACKEND == 'rocksdb' }}
@@ -156,6 +163,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           $TRAVIS_DIR/run-api-test.sh $BACKEND $REPORT_DIR
 
+      - name: Run Gremlin Console smoke test
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
+          SERVER_DIR=hugegraph-server/apache-hugegraph-server-$VERSION/
+          bash "$TRAVIS_DIR/run-gremlin-console-smoke-test.sh" "$SERVER_DIR"
+
       - name: Show server log on failure
         if: failure()
         run: |
diff --git a/hugegraph-server/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/travis/run-gremlin-console-smoke-test.sh b/hugegraph-server/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/travis/run-gremlin-console-smoke-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68cfc8fd92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hugegraph-server/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/travis/run-gremlin-console-smoke-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SERVER_DIR=${1:?Usage: run-gremlin-console-smoke-test.sh <server-dir>}
+SMOKE_MARKER="gremlin-console-smoke-ok"
+
+if [ ! -d "$SERVER_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "Server directory does not exist: $SERVER_DIR"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$SERVER_DIR/bin/gremlin-console.sh" ]; then
+    echo "Gremlin Console script is not executable: $SERVER_DIR/bin/gremlin-console.sh"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+TMP_DIR=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
+SMOKE_SCRIPT=$(mktemp "${TMP_DIR}/hugegraph-gremlin-console-smoke.XXXXXX.groovy")
+SMOKE_LOG=$(mktemp "${TMP_DIR}/hugegraph-gremlin-console-smoke.XXXXXX.log")
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -f "$SMOKE_SCRIPT" "$SMOKE_LOG"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+cat > "$SMOKE_SCRIPT" <<EOF
+def result = 1 + 1
+if (result != 2) {
+    throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected smoke result: " + result)
+}
+println("${SMOKE_MARKER}")
+EOF
+
+(
+    cd "$SERVER_DIR"
+    bin/gremlin-console.sh -- -e "$SMOKE_SCRIPT"
+) | tee "$SMOKE_LOG"
+
+grep -q "$SMOKE_MARKER" "$SMOKE_LOG"