diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/tests-manage-k6 b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/tests-manage-k6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3ca2dde059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/tests-manage-k6
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+
+Manage K6 version
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/package.json b/plugins/woocommerce/package.json
index 28129dc3d7d..a01cd250ffc 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/package.json
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/package.json
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 		"env:start:blocks": "pnpm --filter='@woocommerce/block-library' env:start && pnpm playwright install chromium --with-deps",
 		"env:stop": "pnpm wp-env stop",
 		"env:test": "pnpm env:dev",
-		"env:perf:install-k6": "curl https://github.com/grafana/k6/releases/download/v0.33.0/k6-v0.33.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz -L | tar xvz --strip-components 1",
-		"env:perf": "pnpm env:dev && pnpm env:performance-init && pnpm env:perf:install-k6",
+		"env:perf": "pnpm env:dev && pnpm env:performance-init",
 		"preinstall": "npx only-allow pnpm",
 		"postinstall": "XDEBUG_MODE=off composer install --quiet",
 		"lint": "pnpm --if-present '/^lint:lang:.*$/'",
@@ -57,8 +56,10 @@
 		"test:e2e:install": "pnpm playwright install chromium",
 		"test:e2e:blocks": "pnpm --filter='@woocommerce/block-library' test:e2e",
 		"test:e2e:with-env": "pnpm test:e2e:install && bash ./tests/e2e-pw/run-tests-with-env.sh",
-		"test:perf": "./k6 run ./tests/performance/tests/gh-action-pr-requests.js",
 		"test:env:start": "pnpm env:test",
+		"test:perf": "./tests/performance/bin/k6 run ./tests/performance/tests/gh-action-pr-requests.js",
+		"test:perf:ci-setup": "pnpm test:perf:install-k6 && pnpm env:perf",
+		"test:perf:install-k6": "bash ./tests/performance/bin/install-k6.sh",
 		"test:php": "./vendor/bin/phpunit -c ./phpunit.xml",
 		"test:php:watch": "./vendor/bin/phpunit-watcher watch",
 		"test:metrics": "USE_WP_ENV=1 pnpm playwright test --config=tests/metrics/playwright.config.js",
@@ -474,22 +475,13 @@
 					"command": "test:perf",
 					"optional": true,
 					"changes": [
-						"client/admin/config/*.json",
-						"composer.json",
-						"composer.lock",
-						"includes/**/*.php",
-						"patterns/**/*.php",
-						"src/**/*.php",
-						"templates/**/*.php",
-						"tests/performance/**",
-						".wp-env.json",
-						"woocommerce.php",
-						"uninstall.php"
+						"tests/performance/**"
 					],
 					"testEnv": {
-						"start": "env:perf"
+						"start": "test:perf:ci-setup"
 					},
 					"events": [
+						"pull_request",
 						"push"
 					]
 				},
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/.gitignore b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f1907178cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+k6
+k6-*.tar.gz
+k6-*.zip
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/bin/install-k6.sh b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/bin/install-k6.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..60942993e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/tests/performance/bin/install-k6.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+K6_VERSION="0.53.0"
+DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/grafana/k6/releases/download/v$K6_VERSION"
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" || return; pwd -P)
+
+download_archive() {
+  local archive=$1
+  local download_url="$DOWNLOAD_URL/$archive"
+  local download_path="$SCRIPT_PATH/$archive"
+
+  echo "Downloading from $download_url to $download_path"
+  curl "$download_url" -L -o "$download_path"
+}
+
+arch=$(uname -m)
+
+if [[ "$arch" == "x86_64" || "$arch" == "amd64" ]]; then
+    arch="amd64"
+  elif [[ "$arch" == "aarch64" || "$arch" == "arm64" ]]; then
+    arch="arm64"
+  else
+    echo "Unsupported CPU architecture: $arch. Please check K6 docs and install the right version for your system."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+	archive="k6-v$K6_VERSION-macos-$arch.zip"
+    download_archive "$archive"
+    unzip -j -o "$SCRIPT_PATH/$archive" -d "$SCRIPT_PATH"
+elif [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 5)" == "Linux" ]; then
+	archive="k6-v$K6_VERSION-linux-$arch.tar.gz"
+    download_archive "$archive"
+    tar --strip-components=1 -xzf "$SCRIPT_PATH/$archive" -C "$SCRIPT_PATH"
+else
+    echo "Unsupported operating system. Please check K6 docs and install the right version for your system."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+"$SCRIPT_PATH/k6" version