diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-springboot.yml b/.github/workflows/test-springboot.yml
index d9439d6..56b27f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-springboot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-springboot.yml
@@ -28,25 +28,21 @@ on:
         description: 'Path to the generated artifact to upload'
         required: false
         default: 'build/reports/tests/test/'
-  
+      compose-file:
+        type: string
+        description: 'Path to a composefile to run before running tests'
+        required: false
+      compose-profile:
+        type: string
+        description: 'The profile of the composefile to load'
+        required: false
+
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
-    services:
-      postgres:
-        image: postgres
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_DB: app
-          POSTGRES_USER: app
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: app
-        options: >-
-          --health-cmd pg_isready
-          --health-interval 10s
-          --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 5
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -57,7 +53,10 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ inputs.java-version }}
           distribution: ${{ inputs.java-distribution }}
           cache: gradle
-
+      - name: Run compose-file
+        if: inputs.compose-file != ''
+        run: |
+          docker compose up -f ${{ inputs.compose-file }} --profile ${{ $inputs.compose-profile }} -d
       - name: Build with Gradle
         env:
           DATABASE_URL: postgresql://localhost:5432/app
@@ -71,3 +70,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.artifact-name }}
           path: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}/${{ inputs.artifact-path }}
+      - name: Stop compose-file
+        if: inputs.compose-file != '' && always()
+        run: docker compose down -f ${{ inputs.compose-file }} --profile ${{ $inputs.compose-profile }}