diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
index 8f56a6e8a9..8f7f6e68ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ matrix.os }}" == "linux-arm64-npu-1" ]]; then
             VLLM_USE_MODELSCOPE=True pytest -sv tests/singlecard/test_offline_inference.py
-            # guided decoding doesn't work, fix it later
-            # pytest -sv tests/singlecard/test_guided_decoding.py.py
+            pytest -sv tests/singlecard/test_guided_decoding.py
             # test_ascend_config.py should be ran separately because it will regenerate the global config many times.
             pytest -sv tests/singlecard/test_ascend_config.py
             pytest -sv tests/singlecard/test_camem.py
@@ -216,8 +215,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ matrix.os }}" == "linux-arm64-npu-1" ]]; then
             VLLM_USE_MODELSCOPE=True  pytest -sv tests/singlecard/test_offline_inference.py
-            # guided decoding doesn't work, fix it later
-            # pytest -sv tests/singlecard/test_guided_decoding.py.py
+            pytest -sv tests/singlecard/test_guided_decoding.py
             pytest -sv tests/singlecard/test_camem.py
             # test_ascend_config.py should be ran separately because it will regenerate the global config many times.
             pytest -sv tests/singlecard/test_ascend_config.py
diff --git a/tests/singlecard/test_guided_decoding.py b/tests/singlecard/test_guided_decoding.py
index 0725812a28..1258cf1d41 100644
--- a/tests/singlecard/test_guided_decoding.py
+++ b/tests/singlecard/test_guided_decoding.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "lm-format-enforcer",
     "xgrammar",
 ]
-GuidedDecodingBackendV1 = ["xgrammar", "guidance:disable-any-whitespace"]
+GuidedDecodingBackendV1 = ["xgrammar", "guidance"]
 GuidedDecodingBackend = list(
     set(GuidedDecodingBackendV0 + GuidedDecodingBackendV1))
 
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ def test_guided_json_completion(guided_decoding_backend: str,
         # xgrammar does not support json schema, will fall back to outlines, skip it
         pytest.skip(
             f"{guided_decoding_backend} will fall back to outlines, skip it")
+    if guided_decoding_backend == "outlines":
+        pytest.skip(
+            f"{guided_decoding_backend} will take up too much time for json "
+            "completion, skip it")
     if guided_decoding_backend not in GuidedDecodingBackendV0 and os.getenv(
             "VLLM_USE_V1") == "0":
         # guidance does not support on v0, skip it