diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu-ci.yml
index eced7b02..f2ad1d0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu-ci.yml
@@ -221,3 +221,10 @@ jobs:
           source ${{ github.workspace }}/install/local_setup.bash
           cd ${{ github.workspace }}/src/fastddsgen
           ./gradlew test
+
+      - name: Test fastddsgen with python arg
+        if: ${{ inputs.run-tests == true }}
+        run: |
+          source ${{ github.workspace }}/install/local_setup.bash
+          cd ${{ github.workspace }}/src/fastddsgen/thirdparty/idl-parser/test/idls
+          find . -path "*.idl*" -exec fastddsgen -python {} +
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci.yml
index 13758d76..ab37152e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       # It would be desirable to have a matrix of ubuntu OS for this job, but due to the issue opened in this ticket:
       # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/128118 , it has been set as a single OS job.
-      os-version: 'ubuntu-20.04'
+      os-version: 'ubuntu-22.04'
       java-version: 'openjdk-11-jdk'
       label: 'ubuntu-ci-openjdk-11-jdk'
       fastddsgen-branch: ${{ inputs.fastddsgen-branch || github.ref }}