diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b10721f55..a21992474 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
----
 name: Tests
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-
   push:
     branches:
       - main
       - develop
     tags:
       - "v*.*.*"
-
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -101,11 +98,25 @@ jobs:
         echo "BEFORE=$git_status" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "Repository status before tests: $git_status"
 
+    - name: Clone Services
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      run: git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openml/services.git
+
+    - name: Start Docker Services
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      working-directory: ./services
+      run: |
+        sudo systemctl stop mysql.service
+        docker compose --profile rest-api --profile minio --profile evaluation-engine up -d
+        docker wait openml-test-database-setup
+
     - name: Show installed dependencies
       run: python -m pip list
 
     - name: Run tests on Ubuntu Test
       if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      env:
+        TEST_SERVER_URL: "http://localhost:8000"
       run: |
         if [ "${{ matrix.code-cov }}" = "true" ]; then
           codecov="--cov=openml --long --cov-report=xml"
@@ -121,6 +132,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run tests on Ubuntu Production
       if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      env:
+        TEST_SERVER_URL: "http://localhost:8000"
       run: |
         if [ "${{ matrix.code-cov }}" = "true" ]; then
           codecov="--cov=openml --long --cov-report=xml"
@@ -139,6 +152,20 @@ jobs:
       run: |  # we need a separate step because of the bash-specific if-statement in the previous one.
         pytest -n 4 --durations=20 --dist load -sv --reruns 5 --reruns-delay 1 -m "not uses_test_server"
 
+    - name: Upload coverage
+      if: matrix.code-cov && always()
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+      with:
+        files: coverage.xml
+        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        fail_ci_if_error: true
+        verbose: true
+
+    - name: Cleanup Docker setup
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      run: |
+        sudo rm -rf services
+
     - name: Check for files left behind by test
       if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest' && always()
       run: |
@@ -151,15 +178,6 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
         fi
 
-    - name: Upload coverage
-      if: matrix.code-cov && always()
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
-      with:
-        files: coverage.xml
-        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-        fail_ci_if_error: true
-        verbose: true
-
   dummy_windows_py_sk024:
     name: (windows-latest, Py, sk0.24.*, sk-only:false)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index bd974f3f3..ae67f2f43 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ def with_test_cache(test_files_directory, request):
     openml.config.set_root_cache_directory(_root_cache_directory)
     if tmp_cache.exists():
         shutil.rmtree(tmp_cache)
-        
 
+ 
 @pytest.fixture
 def static_cache_dir():
     return Path(__file__).parent / "files"