diff --git a/.github/workflows/sql-doctest.yml b/.github/workflows/sql-doctest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b69c4f4c6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sql-doctest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: SQL Doctest CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'dependabot/**'
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.java'
+      - '**/*.g4'
+      - '!sql-jdbc/**'
+      - '**gradle*'
+      - '**/*.jar'
+      - '**/*.pom'
+      - 'doctest/**'
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/sql-doctest.yml'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Build with Gradle
+      run: ./gradlew :doctest:doctest
diff --git a/doctest/build.gradle b/doctest/build.gradle
index eec5a791b8..35aa1c9b7a 100644
--- a/doctest/build.gradle
+++ b/doctest/build.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ task stopOpenSearch(type: KillProcessTask)
 doctest.dependsOn startOpenSearch
 doctest.finalizedBy stopOpenSearch
 
-build.dependsOn doctest
+// Deactivate doctest in the main gradle workflow (./gradlew build), because doctest depends
+// on ML plugin and it ruins SQL plugin build if ML plugin is not available (not released)
+// build.dependsOn doctest
 clean.dependsOn(cleanBootstrap)
 
 // 2.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT -> 2.0.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT