diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e49b25425..3956353b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ jobs:
           ls -ahl dist
           whl=$(ls -t dist/*.whl | head -n 1 | xargs basename)
           echo "WHL_NAME=$whl" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          [ $(stat -c%s "dist/$whl") -lt 104857600 ] && echo "wheel size < 100M" && exit 1 || echo "$whl size check passed."
+
           if [ "${{ matrix.python }}" != "313t" ]; then # twine doesn't support python 3.13 yet
             pip install twine
             twine check dist/$whl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index dfc745ed3..6dac2f57e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -314,19 +314,19 @@ jobs:
           python setup.py bdist_wheel
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
-      # - name: Test install
-      #   if: github.event.inputs.artifact_id == '' && !cancelled()
-      #   run: |
-      #     ls -ahl dist
-      #     whl=$(ls -t dist/*.whl | head -n 1 | xargs basename)
-      #     sha256=$(sha256sum dist/$whl)
-      #     echo "hash=$sha256"
-
-      #     echo "WHL_HASH=$sha256" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      #     echo "WHL_NAME=$whl" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      #     twine check dist/$whl
-      #     uv pip install dist/$whl
+      - name: check wheel
+        if: github.event.inputs.artifact_id == '' && !cancelled()
+        run: |
+          ls -ahl dist
+          whl=$(ls -t dist/*.whl | head -n 1 | xargs basename)
+          sha256=$(sha256sum dist/$whl)
+          echo "hash=$sha256"
+
+          echo "WHL_HASH=$sha256" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "WHL_NAME=$whl" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          twine check dist/$whl
+          [ $(stat -c%s "dist/$whl") -lt 104857600 ] && echo "wheel size < 100M" && exit 1 || echo "$whl size check passed."
 
       - name: Upload wheel to local
         if: github.event.inputs.artifact_id == '' && !cancelled()