diff --git a/.github/workflows/continous-integration-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/continous-integration-docker.yml
index 23b18083..55d9aedb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continous-integration-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continous-integration-docker.yml
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ jobs:
       zebra_state_dir: 'zebrad-cache'
 
   # Test that Zebra can handle a lightwalletd send transaction RPC call, using a cached Zebra tip state
-  # TODO: use a cached lightwalletd tip state to speed up the test (#4303)
   lightwalletd-transactions-test:
     needs: build
     uses: ./.github/workflows/deploy-gcp-tests.yml
@@ -266,10 +265,12 @@ jobs:
       test_description: Test sending transactions via lightwalletd
       test_variables: '-e TEST_LWD_TRANSACTIONS=1 -e ZEBRA_TEST_LIGHTWALLETD=1 -e ZEBRA_FORCE_USE_COLOR=1 -e ZEBRA_CACHED_STATE_DIR=/var/cache/zebrad-cache -e LIGHTWALLETD_DATA_DIR=/var/cache/lwd-cache'
       needs_zebra_state: true
+      needs_lwd_state: true
       saves_to_disk: false
       disk_suffix: tip
       root_state_path: '/var/cache'
       zebra_state_dir: 'zebrad-cache'
+      lwd_state_dir: 'lwd-cache'
 
   # Test full sync of lightwalletd with a Zebra tip state
   lightwalletd-full-sync:
diff --git a/zebrad/tests/common/lightwalletd/send_transaction_test.rs b/zebrad/tests/common/lightwalletd/send_transaction_test.rs
index cfc6b2c7..944f5749 100644
--- a/zebrad/tests/common/lightwalletd/send_transaction_test.rs
+++ b/zebrad/tests/common/lightwalletd/send_transaction_test.rs
@@ -52,12 +52,7 @@ pub async fn run() -> Result<()> {
 
     // We want a zebra state dir and a lightwalletd data dir in place,
     // so `UpdateCachedState` can be used as our test type
-    //
-    // But for now, we don't want to require the cached state, because it's not ready yet.
-    // TODO: use `UpdateCachedState`
-    let test_type = FullSyncFromGenesis {
-        allow_lightwalletd_cached_state: true,
-    };
+    let test_type = UpdateCachedState;
 
     let cached_state_path = test_type.zebrad_state_path("send_transaction_tests".to_string());
     if cached_state_path.is_none() {