diff --git a/libs/prebuilt/Makefile b/libs/prebuilt/Makefile
index ad80e54c8..d62e65e3a 100644
--- a/libs/prebuilt/Makefile
+++ b/libs/prebuilt/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: all format lint test test_watch integration_tests spell_check spell_fix benchmark profile
+.PHONY: all format lint test test-fast test_watch integration_tests spell_check spell_fix benchmark profile
 
 # Default target executed when no arguments are given to make.
 all: help
@@ -15,14 +15,17 @@ stop-postgres:
 
 TEST ?= .
 
+test-fast:
+	LANGGRAPH_TEST_FAST=1 uv run pytest $(TEST)
+
 test:
-	make start-postgres && uv run pytest $(TEST); \
+	make start-postgres && LANGGRAPH_TEST_FAST=0 uv run pytest $(TEST); \
 	EXIT_CODE=$$?; \
 	make stop-postgres; \
 	exit $$EXIT_CODE
 
 test_watch:
-	make start-postgres && uv run ptw $(TEST); \
+	make start-postgres && LANGGRAPH_TEST_FAST=0 uv run ptw $(TEST); \
 	EXIT_CODE=$$?; \
 	make stop-postgres; \
 	exit $$EXIT_CODE
@@ -74,5 +77,6 @@ help:
 	@echo '-- TESTS --'
 	@echo 'coverage                     - run unit tests and generate coverage report'
 	@echo 'test                         - run unit tests'
+	@echo 'test-fast                    - run unit tests with in-memory checkpointer only'
 	@echo 'test TEST_FILE=<test_file>   - run all tests in file'
 	@echo 'test_watch                   - run unit tests in watch mode'
diff --git a/libs/prebuilt/tests/conftest.py b/libs/prebuilt/tests/conftest.py
index 343856bd5..bb44383a9 100644
--- a/libs/prebuilt/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/libs/prebuilt/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterator
 from uuid import UUID
 
@@ -29,6 +30,55 @@ from tests.conftest_store import (
 
 pytest.register_assert_rewrite("tests.memory_assert")
 
+# Global variables for checkpointer and store configurations
+FAST_MODE = os.getenv("LANGGRAPH_TEST_FAST", "true").lower() in ("true", "1", "yes")
+
+SYNC_CHECKPOINTER_PARAMS = (
+    ["memory"]
+    if FAST_MODE
+    else [
+        "memory",
+        "sqlite",
+        "postgres",
+        "postgres_pipe",
+        "postgres_pool",
+    ]
+)
+
+ASYNC_CHECKPOINTER_PARAMS = (
+    ["memory"]
+    if FAST_MODE
+    else [
+        "memory",
+        "sqlite_aio",
+        "postgres_aio",
+        "postgres_aio_pipe",
+        "postgres_aio_pool",
+    ]
+)
+
+SYNC_STORE_PARAMS = (
+    ["in_memory"]
+    if FAST_MODE
+    else [
+        "in_memory",
+        "postgres",
+        "postgres_pipe",
+        "postgres_pool",
+    ]
+)
+
+ASYNC_STORE_PARAMS = (
+    ["in_memory"]
+    if FAST_MODE
+    else [
+        "in_memory",
+        "postgres_aio",
+        "postgres_aio_pipe",
+        "postgres_aio_pool",
+    ]
+)
+
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def anyio_backend():
@@ -48,7 +98,7 @@ def deterministic_uuids(mocker: MockerFixture) -> MockerFixture:
 
 @pytest.fixture(
     scope="function",
-    params=["in_memory", "postgres", "postgres_pipe", "postgres_pool"],
+    params=SYNC_STORE_PARAMS,
 )
 def sync_store(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> Iterator[BaseStore]:
     store_name = request.param
@@ -72,7 +122,7 @@ def sync_store(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> Iterator[BaseStore]:
 
 @pytest.fixture(
     scope="function",
-    params=["in_memory", "postgres_aio", "postgres_aio_pipe", "postgres_aio_pool"],
+    params=ASYNC_STORE_PARAMS,
 )
 async def async_store(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> AsyncIterator[BaseStore]:
     store_name = request.param
@@ -96,13 +146,7 @@ async def async_store(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> AsyncIterator[BaseStore
 
 @pytest.fixture(
     scope="function",
-    params=[
-        "memory",
-        "sqlite",
-        "postgres",
-        "postgres_pipe",
-        "postgres_pool",
-    ],
+    params=SYNC_CHECKPOINTER_PARAMS,
 )
 def sync_checkpointer(
     request: pytest.FixtureRequest,
@@ -129,13 +173,7 @@ def sync_checkpointer(
 
 @pytest.fixture(
     scope="function",
-    params=[
-        "memory",
-        "sqlite_aio",
-        "postgres_aio",
-        "postgres_aio_pipe",
-        "postgres_aio_pool",
-    ],
+    params=ASYNC_CHECKPOINTER_PARAMS,
 )
 async def async_checkpointer(
     request: pytest.FixtureRequest,