diff --git a/.github/assets/hive/run_experimental_simulator.sh b/.github/assets/hive/run_experimental_simulator.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..597e3d2f0956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/assets/hive/run_experimental_simulator.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# set -x
+
+cd hivetests/
+
+sim="${1}"
+limit="${2}"
+
+run_hive() {
+    sed -ie 's/RUST_LOG=info $reth node $FLAGS/RUST_LOG=info $reth node --engine.experimental $FLAGS/' clients/reth/reth.sh
+    hive --sim "${sim}" --sim.limit "${limit}" --sim.parallelism 4 --client reth 2>&1 | tee /tmp/log || true
+}
+
+check_log() {
+    tail -n 1 /tmp/log | sed -r 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[mK]//g'
+}
+
+attempt=0
+max_attempts=5
+
+while [ $attempt -lt $max_attempts ]; do
+    run_hive
+
+    # Check if no tests were run. sed removes ansi colors
+    if check_log | grep -q "suites=0"; then
+        echo "no tests were run, retrying in 10 seconds"
+        sleep 10
+        attempt=$((attempt + 1))
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Check the last line of the log for "finished", "tests failed", or "test failed"
+    if check_log | grep -Eq "(finished|tests? failed)"; then
+        exit 0
+    else
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+exit 1
diff --git a/.github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh b/.github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh
index 597e3d2f0956..731c94c3f69b 100755
--- a/.github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh
+++ b/.github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ sim="${1}"
 limit="${2}"
 
 run_hive() {
-    sed -ie 's/RUST_LOG=info $reth node $FLAGS/RUST_LOG=info $reth node --engine.experimental $FLAGS/' clients/reth/reth.sh
     hive --sim "${sim}" --sim.limit "${limit}" --sim.parallelism 4 --client reth 2>&1 | tee /tmp/log || true
 }
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hive-experimental.yml b/.github/workflows/hive-experimental.yml
index 921ca19b8c70..36a540caf47d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hive-experimental.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hive-experimental.yml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ jobs:
           path: hivetests
 
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.sim }} simulator
-        run: .github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh "${{ matrix.sim }}$" "${{matrix.limit}}/${{join(matrix.include, '|')}}"
+        run: .github/assets/hive/run_experimental_simulator.sh "${{ matrix.sim }}$" "${{matrix.limit}}/${{join(matrix.include, '|')}}"
 
       - name: Parse hive output
         run: |