diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index dd056e3763..b736d601ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -198,13 +198,9 @@ jobs:
         )
       )
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    strategy:
-        matrix:
-           testgroup: ["sync", "async", "scanner", "language"]
     timeout-minutes: 120
     env:
       LONG_TESTS: 1
-      testgroup: $${{ matrix.testgroup }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
@@ -225,20 +221,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "sbom set to false"
           fi
 
-      - name: "Hack for test groups"
-        env:
-          sync: $${{ matrix.testgroup == 'sync' }}
-          async: $${{ matrix.testgroup == 'async' }}
-          scanner: $${{ matrix.testgroup == 'scanner' }}
-          language: $${{ matrix.testgroup == 'language' }}
-        run: |
-          if ${sync} == true; then
-            echo "sync=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-            echo "async=0" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-            echo "scanner=0" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-            echo "language=0" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
-
       - name: Get date
         id: get-date
         run: |
@@ -260,6 +242,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: cache
           key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.yesterday }}
+
       - name: Install cabextract
         if: env.sbom != 'true'
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cabextract
@@ -318,6 +301,269 @@ jobs:
           name: codecov-umbrella
           fail_ci_if_error: false
 
+  long_tests_parsers:
+    name: Long tests on Python 3.10 (parsers)
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    if: |
+      ! github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'github-actions[bot]' ||
+      ! (
+        startsWith(github.head_ref, 'chore-sbom-py') ||
+        contains(
+          fromJSON('["chore-update-table","chore-precommit-config","chore-spdx-header"]'),
+          github.head_ref
+        )
+      )
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+    env:
+      LONG_TESTS: 1
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+          cache: 'pip'
+
+      - name: "Skip tests if this is an automated sbom job"
+        env:
+          COMMIT_VAR: ${{ startsWith(github.head_ref, 'chore-sbom-py') && github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'github-actions[bot]' }}
+        run: |
+          if ${COMMIT_VAR} == true; then
+            echo "sbom=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "sbom set to true"
+          else
+            echo "sbom=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "sbom set to false"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Get date
+        id: get-date
+        run: |
+          echo "date=$(/bin/date -u "+%Y%m%d")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "yesterday=$(/bin/date -d "-1 day" -u "+%Y%m%d")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Print Cache Keys
+        run: |
+          echo "Today's Cache Key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.date }}"
+          echo "Yesterday's Cache Key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.yesterday }}"
+      - name: Get today's cached database
+        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.1.2
+        id: todays-cache
+        with:
+          path: cache
+          key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.date }}
+      - name: Get yesterday's cached database if today's is not available
+        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.1.2
+        if: steps.todays-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        with:
+          path: cache
+          key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.yesterday }}
+          
+      - name: Install cve-bin-tool
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
+          python -m pip install --upgrade wheel
+          python -m pip install --upgrade -r dev-requirements.txt
+          python -m pip install --editable .
+      - name: Try single CLI run of tool
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        run: |
+          [[ -e cache ]] && mkdir -p .cache && mv cache ~/.cache/cve-bin-tool
+          NO_EXIT_CVE_NUM=1 python -m cve_bin_tool.cli test/assets/test-kerberos-5-1.15.1.out
+          cp -r ~/.cache/cve-bin-tool cache
+      - name: Run language parser tests
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        run: >
+          pytest --cov --cov-append -n 32 --cov-report=xml -v --durations=50
+          test/test_language_parser.py
+      - name: Upload code coverage to codecov
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@5c47607acb93fed5485fdbf7232e8a31425f672a # v5.0.2
+        with:
+          files: ./coverage.xml
+          flags: longtests
+          name: codecov-umbrella
+          fail_ci_if_error: false
+
+  long_tests_scanners:
+    name: Long tests on Python 3.10 (scanners)
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    if: |
+      ! github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'github-actions[bot]' ||
+      ! (
+        startsWith(github.head_ref, 'chore-sbom-py') ||
+        contains(
+          fromJSON('["chore-update-table","chore-precommit-config","chore-spdx-header"]'),
+          github.head_ref
+        )
+      )
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+    env:
+      LONG_TESTS: 1
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+          cache: 'pip'
+
+      - name: "Skip tests if this is an automated sbom job"
+        env:
+          COMMIT_VAR: ${{ startsWith(github.head_ref, 'chore-sbom-py') && github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'github-actions[bot]' }}
+        run: |
+          if ${COMMIT_VAR} == true; then
+            echo "sbom=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "sbom set to true"
+          else
+            echo "sbom=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "sbom set to false"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Get date
+        id: get-date
+        run: |
+          echo "date=$(/bin/date -u "+%Y%m%d")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "yesterday=$(/bin/date -d "-1 day" -u "+%Y%m%d")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Print Cache Keys
+        run: |
+          echo "Today's Cache Key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.date }}"
+          echo "Yesterday's Cache Key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.yesterday }}"
+      - name: Get today's cached database
+        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.1.2
+        id: todays-cache
+        with:
+          path: cache
+          key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.date }}
+      - name: Get yesterday's cached database if today's is not available
+        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.1.2
+        if: steps.todays-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        with:
+          path: cache
+          key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.yesterday }}
+          
+      - name: Install cve-bin-tool
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
+          python -m pip install --upgrade wheel
+          python -m pip install --upgrade -r dev-requirements.txt
+          python -m pip install --editable .
+      - name: Try single CLI run of tool
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        run: |
+          [[ -e cache ]] && mkdir -p .cache && mv cache ~/.cache/cve-bin-tool
+          NO_EXIT_CVE_NUM=1 python -m cve_bin_tool.cli test/assets/test-kerberos-5-1.15.1.out
+          cp -r ~/.cache/cve-bin-tool cache
+      - name: Run binary scanner tests
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        run: >
+          pytest --cov --cov-append -n 32 --cov-report=xml -v --durations=50
+          test/test_scanner.py
+      - name: Upload code coverage to codecov
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@5c47607acb93fed5485fdbf7232e8a31425f672a # v5.0.2
+        with:
+          files: ./coverage.xml
+          flags: longtests
+          name: codecov-umbrella
+          fail_ci_if_error: false
+
+  long_tests_sync:
+    name: Long tests on Python 3.10 (synchronous)
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    if: |
+      ! github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'github-actions[bot]' ||
+      ! (
+        startsWith(github.head_ref, 'chore-sbom-py') ||
+        contains(
+          fromJSON('["chore-update-table","chore-precommit-config","chore-spdx-header"]'),
+          github.head_ref
+        )
+      )
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+    env:
+      LONG_TESTS: 1
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+          cache: 'pip'
+
+      - name: "Skip tests if this is an automated sbom job"
+        env:
+          COMMIT_VAR: ${{ startsWith(github.head_ref, 'chore-sbom-py') && github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'github-actions[bot]' }}
+        run: |
+          if ${COMMIT_VAR} == true; then
+            echo "sbom=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "sbom set to true"
+          else
+            echo "sbom=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "sbom set to false"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Get date
+        id: get-date
+        run: |
+          echo "date=$(/bin/date -u "+%Y%m%d")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "yesterday=$(/bin/date -d "-1 day" -u "+%Y%m%d")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Print Cache Keys
+        run: |
+          echo "Today's Cache Key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.date }}"
+          echo "Yesterday's Cache Key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.yesterday }}"
+      - name: Get today's cached database
+        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.1.2
+        id: todays-cache
+        with:
+          path: cache
+          key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.date }}
+      - name: Get yesterday's cached database if today's is not available
+        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.1.2
+        if: steps.todays-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        with:
+          path: cache
+          key: Linux-cve-bin-tool-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.yesterday }}
+
+      - name: Install pdftotext, reportlab and cve-bin-tool
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
+          python -m pip install --upgrade wheel
+          python -m pip install --upgrade -r dev-requirements.txt
+          python -m pip install --editable .
+      - name: Try single CLI run of tool
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        run: |
+          [[ -e cache ]] && mkdir -p .cache && mv cache ~/.cache/cve-bin-tool
+          NO_EXIT_CVE_NUM=1 python -m cve_bin_tool.cli test/assets/test-kerberos-5-1.15.1.out
+          cp -r ~/.cache/cve-bin-tool cache
+      - name: Run synchronous tests
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        run: >
+          pytest -v --cov --cov-append --cov-report=xml --durations=50
+          test/test_cli.py
+          test/test_cvedb.py
+      - name: Upload code coverage to codecov
+        if: env.sbom != 'true'
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@5c47607acb93fed5485fdbf7232e8a31425f672a # v5.0.2
+        with:
+          files: ./coverage.xml
+          flags: longtests
+          name: codecov-umbrella
+          fail_ci_if_error: false
+
+
   linux-mayfail:
     name: Tests that may fail due to network or HTML
     permissions: