diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index b5f8c42..bb3b62c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,23 @@ jobs:
   run_tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: qgis/qgis:3.34
+      image: postgis/postgis:15-3.4
+    services:
+        postgres:
+          image: postgres
+          env:
+            POSTGRES_DB: my_database
+            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+            POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+          # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+          options: >-
+            --health-cmd pg_isready
+            --health-interval 10s
+            --health-timeout 5s
+            --health-retries 5
+          ports:
+            - 5432:5432
+  
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: install system dependencies