diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_analysis.yaml b/.github/workflows/code_analysis.yaml
index 3c9dec53363..6889069be1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code_analysis.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code_analysis.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ jobs:
                         name: 'Detect composer dependency issues'
                         run: vendor/bin/composer-dependency-analyser
 
+                    -
+                        name: "PHP Linter"
+                        run: |
+                            composer require php-parallel-lint/php-parallel-lint --ansi
+                            vendor/bin/parallel-lint src bin/rector config tests rules --colors
+
         name: ${{ matrix.actions.name }}
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         timeout-minutes: 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compat_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/compat_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..712585a8d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/compat_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# builds the content of https://github.com/rectorphp/rector
+# inspiration from https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan-src/blob/master/.github/workflows/phar.yml
+name: PHPUnit and PHPStan Compat Test
+
+on:
+    push:
+        branches:
+            - main
+    pull_request: null
+
+jobs:
+    build_scoped_rector:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+        steps:
+            -
+                uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+                with:
+                    php-version: 8.2
+                    coverage: none
+
+            - run: composer create-project "rector/rector-compat-tests:dev-main" .
+
+            - run: vendor/bin/phpunit tests/PHPStan
+
+            - run: vendor/bin/phpunit tests/Rector
+
+            - run:  vendor/bin/phpunit tests
+
+            - run:  vendor/bin/phpunit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/php_linter.yaml b/.github/workflows/php_linter.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ea14316f094..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/php_linter.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: PHP Linter
-
-on:
-    pull_request: null
-
-env:
-    # see https://github.com/composer/composer/issues/9368#issuecomment-718112361
-    COMPOSER_ROOT_VERSION: "dev-main"
-
-jobs:
-    php_linter:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-        steps:
-            -   uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-            -
-                uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
-                with:
-                    php-version: 8.2
-                    coverage: none
-
-            -   run: composer require php-parallel-lint/php-parallel-lint --ansi
-            -   run: vendor/bin/parallel-lint src bin/rector config tests rules --colors