diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9b9c0f7..09a4b8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ jobs:
             -e TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD="$TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD" \
             -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" -e "MSSQL_PID=Developer" \
             -v ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/setup/sqlserver:/setup.d \
-            mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2017-latest
+            mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
           chmod u+x setup/wait-container-ready.sh && ./setup/wait-container-ready.sh test-sqlserver "SQL Server is now ready for client connections"
           # SQLServer does not have an on startup script, run it now
-          docker exec test-sqlserver bash -c "chmod u+x setup.d/sqlserver-setup.sh && ./setup.d/sqlserver-setup.sh"     
+          docker exec --user root test-sqlserver bash -c "chmod u+x setup.d/sqlserver-setup.sh && ./setup.d/sqlserver-setup.sh"     
       
       - name: Launch Oracle
         if: ${{ matrix.scope == 'Oracle' }}
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ jobs:
             -e TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD="$TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD" \
             -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" -e "MSSQL_PID=Developer" \
             -v ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/setup/sqlserver:/setup.d \
-            mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2017-latest
+            mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
           chmod u+x ../setup/wait-container-ready.sh && ../setup/wait-container-ready.sh test-sqlserver "SQL Server is now ready for client connections"
           # SQLServer does not have an on startup script, run it now
-          docker exec test-sqlserver bash -c "chmod u+x setup.d/sqlserver-setup.sh && ./setup.d/sqlserver-setup.sh"     
+          docker exec --user root test-sqlserver bash -c "chmod u+x setup.d/sqlserver-setup.sh && ./setup.d/sqlserver-setup.sh"     
       
       - name: Run test
         run: dotnet test --logger "trx;LogFileName=../../reports/tdrules-report.trx" TdRulesTest/TdRulesTest.csproj
diff --git a/setup/container-setup.sh b/setup/container-setup.sh
index 5106ed8..d18d84e 100644
--- a/setup/container-setup.sh
+++ b/setup/container-setup.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ docker run -d -p 1433:1433 --name test-sqlserver  --restart unless-stopped \
   -e TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD="$TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD" \
   -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" -e "MSSQL_PID=Developer" \
   -v /${PWD}/sqlserver:/setup.d \
-  mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2017-latest
+  mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
 ./wait-container-ready.sh test-sqlserver "SQL Server is now ready for client connections"
 # SQLServer does not have an on startup script, run it now
 docker exec test-sqlserver bash -c "./setup.d/sqlserver-setup.sh"
diff --git a/setup/database.properties b/setup/database.properties
index ef56c11..6d3181a 100644
--- a/setup/database.properties
+++ b/setup/database.properties
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ tdrules.java.tdstorerdb2.sqlserver.user=tdstorerdb2
 tdrules.java.tdloadrdb.sqlserver.url=jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=tdloadrdb;encrypt=true;trustServerCertificate=true
 tdrules.java.tdloadrdb.sqlserver.user=tdloadrdb
 
-tdrules.java.tdstorerdb2.sqlserver.meta.dbms=Database: Microsoft SQL Server - Version: 14.
+tdrules.java.tdstorerdb2.sqlserver.meta.dbms=Database: Microsoft SQL Server - Version: 15.
 tdrules.java.tdstorerdb2.sqlserver.meta.driver=Driver: Microsoft JDBC Driver 12.
 
 # Oracle is not tested in the client-rdb (tdclirdb) 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ tdrules.netcore.tdclirdb.sqlserver.user=tdclirdb
 tdrules.netcore.tdstorerdb2.sqlserver.url=Server=(local);Database=tdstorerdb2
 tdrules.netcore.tdstorerdb2.sqlserver.user=tdstorerdb2
 
-tdrules.netcore.tdstorerdb2.sqlserver.meta.dbms=Database: Microsoft SQL Server - Version: 14.
+tdrules.netcore.tdstorerdb2.sqlserver.meta.dbms=Database: Microsoft SQL Server - Version: 15.
 tdrules.netcore.tdstorerdb2.sqlserver.meta.driver=Driver: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection - Version: N/A
 
 # sqlite
diff --git a/setup/sqlserver/sqlserver-setup.sh b/setup/sqlserver/sqlserver-setup.sh
index 17a884c..136317c 100644
--- a/setup/sqlserver/sqlserver-setup.sh
+++ b/setup/sqlserver/sqlserver-setup.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Execution of sqlserver commands after startup
 # A little bit flaky in GitHub, check first connection and wait if fails
 echo "-- Try first connection"
-if ! /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost,1433 -U sa -P $TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD -l 30 -Q "select name from sys.databases"; then
+if ! /opt/mssql-tools18/bin/sqlcmd -C -S localhost,1433 -U sa -P $TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD -l 30 -Q "select name from sys.databases"; then
   echo "Failure to connect from sa, wait some time"
   sleep 4
   echo "End sleep, going to setup"
   #this seems to solve login failure, but sometimes: Error: Process completed with exit code 137.
 fi
 echo "-- Begin setup"
-/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost,1433 -U sa -P $TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD -l 30  <<-EOSQL
+/opt/mssql-tools18/bin/sqlcmd -C -S localhost,1433 -U sa -P $TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD -l 30  <<-EOSQL
   CREATE LOGIN tdclirdb WITH PASSWORD = '$TEST_SQLSERVER_PWD', CHECK_POLICY=OFF, CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=spanish;
   GO
   CREATE DATABASE tdclirdb