diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 26b28ab330..a5a91a482b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     - run: ./tools/op.sh setup
     - name: Push master-ci
       run: BRANCH=__nightly tools/release/build_stripped.sh
+    - name: Push chestnut nightly
+      run: |
+        git lfs pull --exclude=''
+        INCLUDE_BIG_MODEL=1 BRANCH=__nightly-chestnut tools/release/build_stripped.sh
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 0f4945dab6..d46d599457 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ node {
   env.GIT_BRANCH = checkout(scm).GIT_BRANCH
   env.GIT_COMMIT = checkout(scm).GIT_COMMIT
 
-  def excludeBranches = ['__nightly', 'devel', 'devel-staging',
+  def excludeBranches = ['__nightly', '__nightly-chestnut', 'devel', 'devel-staging',
                          'release-tizi', 'release-tizi-staging', 'release-mici', 'release-mici-staging', 'testing-closet*', 'hotfix-*']
   def excludeRegex = excludeBranches.join('|').replaceAll('\\*', '.*')
 
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ node {
       )
     }
 
+    if (env.BRANCH_NAME == '__nightly-chestnut') {
+      deviceStage("build nightly-chestnut", "mici-chestnut-ci", [], [
+        step("build nightly-chestnut", "SCONSFLAGS=-j4 INCLUDE_BIG_MODEL=1 RELEASE_BRANCH=nightly-chestnut $SOURCE_DIR/tools/release/build_release.sh TestChestnutOnroad"),
+      ])
+    }
+
     if (!env.BRANCH_NAME.matches(excludeRegex)) {
     parallel (
       'onroad tests': {
diff --git a/openpilot/system/hardware/chestnut/status.py b/openpilot/system/hardware/chestnut/status.py
index c3321a3971..8c38987dff 100644
--- a/openpilot/system/hardware/chestnut/status.py
+++ b/openpilot/system/hardware/chestnut/status.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from openpilot.common.hardware.usb import CHESTNUT_USB_PRODUCT, is_chestnut_usb_
 from openpilot.selfdrive.modeld.helpers import chestnut_compiled
 
 
-CHESTNUT_RELEASE_BRANCHES = ("release-chestnut", "release-chestnut-staging")
+CHESTNUT_RELEASE_BRANCHES = ("release-chestnut", "release-chestnut-staging", "nightly-chestnut")
 CHESTNUT_POWERED_VOLTAGE = 5000
 GPU_TEMP_LIMIT = 100.
 MEMORY_TEMP_LIMIT = 95.
diff --git a/tools/release/build_release.sh b/tools/release/build_release.sh
index 4bc5dd2e68..cced9f7a54 100755
--- a/tools/release/build_release.sh
+++ b/tools/release/build_release.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ git -c core.compression=0 -c gc.auto=0 commit -m "openpilot v$VERSION"
 
 # Run tests
 cd $BUILD_DIR
-RELEASE=1 ./openpilot/selfdrive/test/test_onroad.py
+RELEASE=1 ./openpilot/selfdrive/test/test_onroad.py "$@"
 #tools/test_runner.py openpilot/selfdrive/car/tests/test_car_interfaces.py
 
 echo "[-] pushing release T=$SECONDS"
diff --git a/tools/release/build_stripped.sh b/tools/release/build_stripped.sh
index ba4c847375..a216dfe11c 100755
--- a/tools/release/build_stripped.sh
+++ b/tools/release/build_stripped.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -z "$BRANCH" ]; then
   echo "[-] Pushing to $BRANCH T=$SECONDS"
+  # Reset hooks since releases exclude .venv
+  git config --local core.hooksPath .git/hooks
+  git lfs update --force
   # uploading the larger pack is faster than spending CPU to optimize it
   git -c pack.window=0 -c pack.depth=0 -c pack.compression=0 push -f origin tmp:$BRANCH
 fi