diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 96aeaa13e3..cd755eaad4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -143,8 +143,11 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   cypress-run:
-    name: End-to-end tests
+    name: End-to-end tests, GeoNetwork v${{ matrix.gn_version }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        gn_version: [4.2.2, 4.2.8, 4.4.0]
     outputs:
       screenshotsUrl: ${{ steps.upload-screenshots.outputs.artifact-url }}
     steps:
@@ -160,7 +163,10 @@ jobs:
         run: cd tools && docker build . -f pipelines/Dockerfile -t geonetwork/geonetwork-ui-tools-pipelines:latest
 
       - name: Build the backend
-        run: sudo docker-compose -f support-services/docker-compose.yml up -d init
+        env:
+          GEONETWORK_VERSION: ${{ matrix.gn_version }}
+        working-directory: support-services
+        run: docker compose up -d init
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/support-services/docker-compose.yml b/support-services/docker-compose.yml
index 6af9796a21..783cf1563b 100644
--- a/support-services/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/support-services/docker-compose.yml
@@ -92,24 +92,14 @@ services:
         -Dgeonetwork.data.dir=/catalogue-data/data
         -Dgeonetwork.codeList.dir=/catalogue-data/config/codelist
         -Dgeonetwork.schema.dir=/catalogue-data/config/schema_plugins
-
-      # These are needed for GN 4.4.x versions; will be ignored otherwise
-      GN_CONFIG_PROPERTIES: >-
-        -Dgeonetwork.dir=/catalogue-data
-        -Dgeonetwork.formatter.dir=/catalogue-data/data/formatter
-        -Dgeonetwork.schema.dir=/opt/geonetwork/WEB-INF/data/config/schema_plugins
-        -Dgeonetwork.indexConfig.dir=/opt/geonetwork/WEB-INF/data/config/index
-        -Dgeonetwork.schemapublication.dir=/opt/geonetwork/WEB-INF/data/resources/schemapublication
-        -Dgeonetwork.htmlcache.dir=/opt/geonetwork/WEB-INF/data/resources/htmlcache
+        -Dgeonetwork.config.dir=/catalogue-data/config
+        -Dgeonetwork.indexConfig.dir=/catalogue-data/config/index
         -Des.host=elasticsearch
         -Des.protocol=http
         -Des.port=9200
         -Des.url=http://elasticsearch:9200
         -Des.username=
         -Des.password=
-        -Dgeonetwork.ESFeaturesProxy.targetUri=http://elasticsearch:9200/gn-features/{_}
-        -Dgeonetwork.HttpDashboardProxy.targetUri=http://kibana:5601
-        -Dgeonetwork.MicroServicesProxy.targetUri=http://ogc-api-records-service:8080
     depends_on:
       database:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -144,7 +134,7 @@ services:
   init:
     image: alpine/curl
     # only run init if volumes were cleared
-    command: sh -c "if [ ! -f /done ]; then run-parts /docker-entrypoint.d --exit-on-error; else echo 'Nothing to do.'; exit 0; fi"
+    command: sh -c -e "if [ ! -f /done ]; then run-parts /docker-entrypoint.d --exit-on-error; else echo 'Nothing to do.'; exit 0; fi"
     environment:
       GEONETWORK_VERSION: ${GEONETWORK_VERSION}
     depends_on:
diff --git a/support-services/docker-entrypoint.d/04-upload-thesauri.sh b/support-services/docker-entrypoint.d/04-upload-thesauri.sh
index 738b0eed69..ae898293be 100755
--- a/support-services/docker-entrypoint.d/04-upload-thesauri.sh
+++ b/support-services/docker-entrypoint.d/04-upload-thesauri.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ do
     -H 'Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
     -H "Cookie: JSESSIONID=$jsessionid; XSRF-TOKEN=$xsrf_token" \
     -H "X-XSRF-TOKEN: $xsrf_token"
+  echo ""
 done