diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_full.yml
index e92bb29dae..404429d018 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_full.yml
@@ -62,30 +62,27 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: install ansible
-        run: pip3 install ansible
-
-      - name: install python-requests
-        run: pip3 install requests
-
-      - name: run the build container playbook
-        run: cd dev/playbooks; ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=yaml ansible-playbook -i 'localhost,' --forks=1 -v build_container.yaml
+      - name: checkout dab
+        run: |
+          cd ..
+          git clone https://github.com/ansible/django-ansible-base
 
-      - name: run the start container playbook
-        run: cd dev/playbooks; ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=yaml ansible-playbook -i 'localhost,' --forks=1 -v start_container.yaml
+      - name: install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev libssl-dev gettext
 
-      - name: run the unit test playbook
-        run: cd dev/playbooks; ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=yaml ansible-playbook -i 'localhost,' --forks=1 -v run_unit_tests.yaml
+      - name: install tox & coverage
+        run: pip3 install tox coverage
 
-      - name: copy coverage report
-        run: |
-          docker cp pulp:/tmp/galaxy_ng-test-results.xml coverage.xml
+      - name: run the unit tests
+        run: tox -e py311
 
       - name: upload coverage as artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: coverage
-          path: coverage.xml
+          path: /tmp/galaxy_ng-test-results.xml
 
       - name: SonarCloud Scan
         uses: SonarSource/sonarcloud-github-action@master