diff --git a/Configuration/Eras/python/Era_Run3_ckfPixelLessStep.py b/Configuration/Eras/python/Era_Run3_ckfPixelLessStep_cff.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Configuration/Eras/python/Era_Run3_ckfPixelLessStep.py
rename to Configuration/Eras/python/Era_Run3_ckfPixelLessStep_cff.py
diff --git a/Configuration/PyReleaseValidation/python/relval_2017.py b/Configuration/PyReleaseValidation/python/relval_2017.py
index cfb95356acc48..78ac121eec5ed 100644
--- a/Configuration/PyReleaseValidation/python/relval_2017.py
+++ b/Configuration/PyReleaseValidation/python/relval_2017.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
            11634.914, 11650.914,
            11601.0,11602.0,11603.0,11604.0,11605.0,11606.0,11607.0,11608.0,11609.0,11630.0,11643.0,
            11650.0,11634.0,11646.0,11640.0,11834.0,11834.99,11846.0,12034.0,11725.0,11925.0,
-           11634.1,11634.5,11634.7,11634.91,
+           11634.1,11634.5,11634.7,11634.71,11634.72,11634.91,
            11650.501,11650.505,
            11634.501,11634.505,
            11634.511,
diff --git a/Configuration/PyReleaseValidation/python/upgradeWorkflowComponents.py b/Configuration/PyReleaseValidation/python/upgradeWorkflowComponents.py
index 62339f5cbbc7a..4494d65500931 100644
--- a/Configuration/PyReleaseValidation/python/upgradeWorkflowComponents.py
+++ b/Configuration/PyReleaseValidation/python/upgradeWorkflowComponents.py
@@ -371,6 +371,44 @@ def condition_(self, fragment, stepList, key, hasHarvest):
     '--procModifiers': 'trackingMkFit'
 }
 
+class UpgradeWorkflow_trackingRun3CkfPixelLessStep(UpgradeWorkflowTracking):
+    def setup__(self, step, stepName, stepDict, k, properties):
+        if 'Reco' in step and stepDict[step][k]['--era']=='Run3':
+            stepDict[stepName][k] = merge([{'--era': 'Run3_ckfPixelLessStep'}, stepDict[step][k]])
+    def condition_(self, fragment, stepList, key, hasHarvest):
+        return '2021' in key
+upgradeWFs['trackingRun3CkfPixelLessStep'] = UpgradeWorkflow_trackingRun3CkfPixelLessStep(
+    steps = [
+        'Reco',
+        'RecoNano',
+        'RecoGlobal',
+        'RecoFakeHLT',
+    ],
+    suffix = '_trackingRun3CkfPixelLessStep',
+    offset = 0.71,
+)
+
+class UpgradeWorkflow_trackingOnlyRun3CkfPixelLessStep(UpgradeWorkflowTracking):
+    def setup__(self, step, stepName, stepDict, k, properties):
+        if 'Reco' in step and stepDict[step][k]['--era']=='Run3':
+            stepDict[stepName][k] = merge([{'--era': 'Run3_ckfPixelLessStep'}, self.step3, stepDict[step][k]])
+        elif 'HARVEST' in step: stepDict[stepName][k] = merge([{'-s': 'HARVESTING:@trackingOnlyValidation+@trackingOnlyDQM'}, stepDict[step][k]])
+    def condition_(self, fragment, stepList, key, hasHarvest):
+        return '2021' in key
+upgradeWFs['trackingOnlyRun3CkfPixelLessStep'] = UpgradeWorkflow_trackingOnlyRun3CkfPixelLessStep(
+    steps = [
+        'Reco',
+        'HARVEST',
+        'RecoNano',
+        'HARVESTNano',
+        'RecoFakeHLT',
+        'HARVESTFakeHLT',
+    ],
+    suffix = '_trackingOnlyRun3CkfPixelLessStep',
+    offset = 0.72,
+)
+upgradeWFs['trackingOnlyRun3CkfPixelLessStep'].step3 = upgradeWFs['trackingOnly'].step3
+
 #DeepCore seeding for JetCore iteration workflow
 class UpgradeWorkflow_seedingDeepCore(UpgradeWorkflow):
     def setup_(self, step, stepName, stepDict, k, properties):
diff --git a/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/Eras.py b/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/Eras.py
index 08e937d53cfc5..37b14662ca1a5 100644
--- a/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/Eras.py
+++ b/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/Eras.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def __init__(self):
                  'Run2_2018_highBetaStar',
                  'Run2_2018_noMkFit',
                  'Run3',
+                 'Run3_ckfPixelLessStep',
                  'Run3_noMkFit',
                  'Run3_pp_on_PbPb',
                  'Run3_dd4hep',