diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index b8a796dfc6..4419069531 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ jobs:
         nightly_version: [nightly-2023-06-01]
         mold_version: [1.7.0]
         comet_bft: [0.37.2]
+        hermes: [1.6.0-namada-beta1]
         make:
           - name: e2e
             suffix: ''
@@ -525,6 +526,11 @@ jobs:
           curl -o cometbft.tar.gz -LO https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/releases/download/v${{ matrix.comet_bft }}/cometbft_${{ matrix.comet_bft }}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
           tar -xvzf cometbft.tar.gz
           mv cometbft /usr/local/bin
+      - name: Download Hermes
+        run: |
+          curl -o hermes.tar.gz -LO https://github.com/heliaxdev/hermes/releases/download/v${{ matrix.hermes }}/hermes-v${{ matrix.hermes }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+          tar -xvzf hermes.tar.gz
+          mv hermes /usr/local/bin
       - name: Change permissions
         run: |
           chmod +x target/release/namada
@@ -532,6 +538,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x target/release/namadan
           chmod +x target/release/namadac
           chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cometbft
+          chmod +x /usr/local/bin/hermes
       - name: Run e2e test
         run: |
           python3 .github/workflows/scripts/schedule-e2e.py
diff --git a/scripts/get_hermes.sh b/scripts/get_hermes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cd63f48f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get_hermes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -Eo pipefail
+
+HERMES_MAJORMINOR="1.6"
+HERMES_PATCH="0"
+HERMES_SUFFIX="-namada-beta1"
+
+HERMES_REPO="https://github.com/heliaxdev/hermes"
+
+HERMES_VERSION="${HERMES_MAJORMINOR}.${HERMES_PATCH}${HERMES_SUFFIX}"
+
+TARGET_PATH="/usr/local/bin"
+TMP_PATH="/tmp"
+
+error_exit()
+{
+    echo "Error: $1" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+read -r SYSTEM MACHINE <<< "$(uname -s -m)"
+
+if [[ $SYSTEM = "Darwin" ]]; then
+  SYSTEM="apple-darwin"
+else
+  SYSTEM="unknown-linux-gnu"
+fi
+
+ARCH="x86_64"
+if [[ $MACHINE = "aarch64" ]] || [[ $MACHINE = "arm64" ]]; then
+  ARCH="aarch64"
+fi
+
+RELEASE_URL=${HERMES_REPO}/releases/download/v${HERMES_VERSION}/hermes-v${HERMES_VERSION}-${ARCH}-${SYSTEM}.tar.gz
+echo "$RELEASE_URL"
+
+curl -LsSfo "$TMP_PATH"/hermes.tar.gz "$RELEASE_URL" || error_exit "hermes release download failed"
+
+cd $TARGET_PATH
+sudo tar -xvzf $TMP_PATH/hermes.tar.gz hermes || error_exit "hermes release extraction failed"