diff --git a/.ci.yaml b/.ci.yaml
index 41976298c5e5..b3d1d7e3b4bf 100644
--- a/.ci.yaml
+++ b/.ci.yaml
@@ -1379,12 +1379,26 @@ targets:
 
   - name: Linux_android android_defines_test
     recipe: devicelab/devicelab_drone
-    presubmit: false
+    presubmit: true
+    bringup: true
     timeout: 60
+    dimensions: {
+      cores: "swarming.dimension('8')",
+      kvm: "swarming.dimension('1')",
+      machine_type: "swarming.dimension('n1-standard-8')"
+    }
     properties:
+      device_type: "none"
       tags: >
         ["devicelab" ,"android", "linux"]
       task_name: android_defines_test
+      dependencies: >-
+        [
+          {"dependency": "android_virtual_device", "version": "31"},
+          {"dependency": "android_sdk", "version": "version:33v6"},
+          {"dependency": "open_jdk", "version": "version:11"}
+        ]
+      use_emulator: "true"
 
   - name: Linux_android android_obfuscate_test
     recipe: devicelab/devicelab_drone