diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6460d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: Docker test suite
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  pytest:
+    name: Docker test build
+    # List of supported runners:
+    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Pre-build container images
+        run: |
+          docker network create djangocmsnet
+          docker compose build --force-rm
+
+      - name: Run the containers
+        run: |
+          docker compose build web
+          docker compose up database_default -d
+          sleep 2s
+          docker compose run web python manage.py migrate
+          docker compose up -d
+
+      - name: 'debug: Display state and logs'
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          docker compose ps
+          docker compose logs web
+          docker compose logs database_default
+
+      - name: Execute django check
+        run: docker compose exec -w /app web python manage.py check --deploy
+
+      - name: Execute test suite
+        run: docker compose exec -w /app web python manage.py test
+
+      - name: Terminate all components
+        if: always()
+        run: docker compose down -v
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index de51596..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-name: Python application
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11", pypy3]
-        os: [
-          ubuntu-20.04,
-        ]
-
-    services:
-      postgres:
-        image: postgres:12
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
-          POSTGRES_DB: postgres
-        ports:
-          - 5432:5432
-        # needed because the postgres container does not provide a healthcheck
-        options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - name: Set up Python 3.11
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.11
-    - name: Configure sysctl limits
-      run: |
-        sudo swapoff -a
-        sudo sysctl -w vm.swappiness=1
-        sudo sysctl -w fs.file-max=262144
-        sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
-
-    - uses: getong/elasticsearch-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        elasticsearch version: '2.3'
-        host port: 9200
-        container port: 9200
-        host node port: 9300
-        node port: 9300
-        discovery type: 'single-node'
-    - name: psycopg2 prerequisites
-      run: sudo apt-get install python-dev libpq-dev
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install pytest-django
-    - name: Run migrations
-      run: python manage.py migrate
-    - name: Validate Project
-      run: python manage.py check
-    - name: Run Tests
-      run: python manage.py test
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d84425b..0445706 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 FROM python:3.11
+
 WORKDIR /app
-COPY . /app
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+
 RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+
 CMD uwsgi --http=0.0.0.0:80 --module=backend.wsgi