diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py
index 40b5f16763015..13ceb20767b17 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/utils/selective_checks.py
@@ -929,6 +929,11 @@ def _get_core_test_types_to_run(self) -> list[str]:
             get_console().print(
                 "[warning]There are no core/other files. Only tests relevant to the changed files are run.[/]"
             )
+
+        # run core tests if any changes in serialization files
+        if SelectiveCoreTestType.SERIALIZATION.value in candidate_test_types:
+            candidate_test_types.add(SelectiveCoreTestType.CORE.value)
+
         # sort according to predefined order
         sorted_candidate_test_types = sorted(candidate_test_types)
         get_console().print("[warning]Selected core test type candidates to run:[/]")
diff --git a/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py b/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py
index e9b05d6f8585a..29e3e77f9a9f7 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/tests/test_selective_checks.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def assert_outputs_are_printed(expected_outputs: dict[str, str], stderr: str):
                     "skip-pre-commits": ALL_SKIPPED_COMMITS_IF_NO_PROVIDERS_UI_AND_HELM_TESTS,
                     "upgrade-to-newer-dependencies": "false",
                     "core-test-types-list-as-strings-in-json": json.dumps(
-                        [{"description": "Always...Serialization", "test_types": "Always Serialization"}]
+                        [{"description": "Always...Serialization", "test_types": "Always Core Serialization"}]
                     ),
                     "providers-test-types-list-as-strings-in-json": None,
                     "individual-providers-test-types-list-as-strings-in-json": None,