diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugins_react_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/plugins_react_tests.yml
index ecd6304f947..551b3e9c710 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugins_react_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugins_react_tests.yml
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
-      # We could update the postinstall action for foreman to look for an environment variable for plugin webpack dirs
-      # before kicking off the ruby script to find them, this would eliminate the ruby dep and running `npm install` in plugins.
-      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+      - name: "Set up Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby }}"
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby }}
+          bundler-cache: true
       - name: Checkout Foreman
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -68,12 +68,29 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: ${{ matrix.plugin }}
           path: ${{ github.workspace }}/projects/plugin
+      - name: store plugin name
+        run: echo "PLUGIN_NAME=$(echo ${{ matrix.plugin }} | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}')" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+      - name: Set up plugin in Foreman
+        run: |
+          echo "gemspec name: '$PLUGIN_NAME', path: '${{ github.workspace }}/projects/plugin'" > "bundler.d/$PLUGIN_NAME.local.rb"
+          if [ -d $PLUGIN_NAME/gemfile.d ] ; then
+            cat $PLUGIN_NAME/gemfile.d/*.rb >> bundler.d/$PLUGIN_NAME.local.rb
+          fi
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/projects/foreman
       - name: Generate ${{ matrix.plugin }} npm dependencies package-lock
         run: npm install --package-lock-only --no-audit --legacy-peer-deps
         working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/projects/plugin
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.plugin }} npm dependencies
         run: npm ci --no-audit --legacy-peer-deps
         working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/projects/plugin
+      - run: sudo apt-get update
+      - run: sudo apt-get -qq -y install build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev zlib1g-dev libpq-dev libvirt-dev
+      - name: Install gems
+        run: bundle install 
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/projects/foreman
+      - name: Run plugin webpack dir to test
+        run: ./script/plugin_webpack_directories.rb   
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/projects/foreman
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.plugin }} tests
         run: npm run test:plugins $(echo ${{ matrix.plugin }} | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}')
         working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/projects/foreman
diff --git a/script/npm_test_plugin.js b/script/npm_test_plugin.js
index e9c9a58cbcf..435663e7f6a 100755
--- a/script/npm_test_plugin.js
+++ b/script/npm_test_plugin.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var lodash = require('lodash');
 var childProcess = require('child_process');
-var { packageJsonDirs } = require('./plugin_webpack_directories');
+var { packageJsonDirsObject } = require('./plugin_webpack_directories');
 
 const passedArgs = process.argv.slice(2);
 const coreConfigPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../webpack/jest.config.js');
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ function runChildProcess(args, pluginPath) {
   });
 }
 const runTests = async () => {
-  var dirs = packageJsonDirs();
+  // var dirs = packageJsonDirs();
+  var dirs = packageJsonDirsObject();
+  var dirsKeys = Object.keys(dirs);
+  console.log('dirs', dirs);
   function pluginDefinesLint(pluginPath) {
     var packageHasNodeModules = fs.existsSync(`${pluginPath}/node_modules`); // skip gems
     var packageData = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(`${pluginPath}/package.json`));
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ const runTests = async () => {
     );
   }
   if (passedArgs[0] && passedArgs[0][0] !== '-') {
-    dirs = dirs.filter(dir => dir.endsWith(passedArgs[0]));
+    dirsKeys = dirsKeys.filter(dir => dir.endsWith(passedArgs[0]));
     passedArgs.shift();
   }
   function customizer(objValue, srcValue) {
@@ -71,7 +74,8 @@ const runTests = async () => {
     return undefined;
   }
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-  for (const pluginPath of dirs) {
+  for (const dirsKey of dirsKeys) {
+    const pluginPath = dirs[dirsKey];
     if (pluginDefinesLint(pluginPath)) {
       const testSetupFiles = [
         path.resolve(__dirname, '../webpack/global_test_setup.js'),
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ const runTests = async () => {
         '--color',
         ...passedArgs,
       ];
-
+      console.log('args', args);
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
       await runChildProcess(args, pluginPath); // Run every plugin test in a separate process
       if (fs.existsSync(combinedConfigPath)) {
diff --git a/script/plugin_webpack_directories.js b/script/plugin_webpack_directories.js
index 08d006e9c10..cecd3571879 100644
--- a/script/plugin_webpack_directories.js
+++ b/script/plugin_webpack_directories.js
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ var sanitizeWebpackDirs = pluginDirs => {
   return splitDirs.length > 2 ? splitDirs[1] : pluginDirs;
 };
 
+var pluginPathObject = file => pluginsObj => {
+  var paths = {};
+  Object.keys(pluginsObj.plugins).forEach(entryKey => {
+    if (!entryKey.includes(':')) {
+      const pluginPath = pluginsObj.plugins[entryKey].root;
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(pluginPath, file))) {
+        paths[entryKey] = pluginPath;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+  return paths;
+};
+
 // Get paths that have a specific file or folder
 var pluginPath = file => pluginsObj => {
   var paths = [];
@@ -53,11 +66,15 @@ var getPluginDirs = stderr =>
 var packageJsonDirs = stderr =>
   pluginPath('package.json')(getPluginDirs(stderr)).map(path.dirname);
 
+var packageJsonDirsObject = stderr =>
+  pluginPathObject('package.json')(getPluginDirs(stderr));
+
 module.exports = {
   getPluginDirs,
   pluginNodeModules: pluginPath('node_modules'),
   aliasPlugins,
   packageJsonDirs,
+  packageJsonDirsObject,
   sanitizeWebpackDirs,
   pluginPath,
 };
diff --git a/webpack/jest.config.js b/webpack/jest.config.js
index 8e192d39bbc..f8de855e217 100644
--- a/webpack/jest.config.js
+++ b/webpack/jest.config.js
@@ -15,18 +15,12 @@ const vendorCorePackageJson = JSON.parse(
   fs.readFileSync(vendorCorePackageJsonPath, 'utf8')
 );
 // const vendorDependencies = Object.keys(vendorCorePackageJson.dependencies);
-// const customVendorDependencies = {};
-// vendorDependencies.forEach(dep => {
+// const customVendorDependencies = vendorDependencies.map(dep => {
 //   const module = foremanJsModules.find(m => m.name === dep);
 //   if (module?.hasCustomPath) {
-//     console.log('module.path', module);
-//     customVendorDependencies[`^${dep}$`] = path.resolve(
-//       nodeModules,
-//       module.path
-//     );
-//   } else {
-//     customVendorDependencies[`^${dep}$`] = path.resolve(nodeModules, dep);
+//     return { [`^${dep}$`]: module.path };
 //   }
+//   return { [`^${dep}$`]: path.resolve(nodeModules, dep) };
 //   // todo delete resolveNodeModule
 // });
 // console.log(customVendorDependencies);
diff --git a/webpack/theforeman-test.js b/webpack/theforeman-test.js
index 84f574bf399..8d176a13d6e 100644
--- a/webpack/theforeman-test.js
+++ b/webpack/theforeman-test.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export * from './theforeman_test_dependencies';
-// todo: deprecate
\ No newline at end of file
+// todo: deprecate