diff --git a/.github/workflows/makefile.yml b/.github/workflows/makefile.yml
index 30e4e88414..16382234ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/makefile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/makefile.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ env:
   BASIC_PACKAGES: build-essential ccache libgc-dev graphviz libunwind-dev libreadline-dev pkg-config
   # MORE_PACKAGES is used for more tools and libs (make more)
   MORE_PACKAGES: libgmp-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libevent-dev openjdk-11-jdk-headless libgles-dev libegl-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-gfx-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-net-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libgtk-3-dev inkscape postgresql libxdg-basedir-dev gettext libsqlite3-dev libpq-dev libmongoc-dev openmpi-bin
+  JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/
+  JNI_LIB_PATH: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/lib/server/
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -113,10 +115,22 @@ jobs:
   nitunit-some:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: [build]
+    container: "ubuntu:24.04"
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
+      mongo:
+        image: mongo
+      neo4j:
+        image: 'neo4j:2.3'
+        env:
+          NEO4J_AUTH: none
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y $BASIC_PACKAGES
+      run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y $BASIC_PACKAGES
     - run: git fetch origin # Ensure origin/master is present
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
     - run: chmod +x bin/*