diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yaml
index 4c542b85..c88b392b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ jobs:
           cache: poetry
           cache-dependency-path: ${{ inputs.working_directory }}/poetry.lock
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: poetry install
+        run: |
+          poetry update
+          poetry install
       - name: Run isort
         run: |
           poetry run isort . --check
@@ -62,6 +64,26 @@ jobs:
       DATABASE_TEST_NAME: "postgres"
       DATABASE_TEST_HOST: "localhost"
       DATABASE_TEST_PORT: "5432"
+      FLASK_ENV: "testing"
+      DATABASE_TEST_URL: "postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres"
+      JWT_OIDC_TEST_ISSUER: "http://localhost:8081/auth/realms/demo"
+      JWT_OIDC_TEST_WELL_KNOWN_CONFIG: "http://localhost:8081/auth/realms/demo/.well-known/openid-configuration"
+      JWT_OIDC_TEST_ALGORITHMS: "RS256"
+      JWT_OIDC_TEST_AUDIENCE: "sbc-auth-web"
+      JWT_OIDC_TEST_CLIENT_SECRET: "1111111111"
+      JWT_OIDC_TEST_JWKS_CACHE_TIMEOUT: "6000"
+      KEYCLOAK_TEST_ADMIN_CLIENTID: "sbc-auth-admin"
+      KEYCLOAK_TEST_ADMIN_SECRET: "2222222222"
+      KEYCLOAK_TEST_AUTH_AUDIENCE: "sbc-auth-web"
+      KEYCLOAK_TEST_AUTH_CLIENT_SECRET: "1111111111"
+      KEYCLOAK_TEST_BASE_URL: "http://localhost:8081"
+      KEYCLOAK_TEST_REALMNAME: "demo"
+      TOKEN_EXPIRY_PERIOD: 7
+      EMAIL_SECURITY_PASSWORD_SALT: "my_pwd_salt"
+      EMAIL_TOKEN_SECRET_KEY: "mySecretKey"
+      USE_TEST_KEYCLOAK_DOCKER: "YES"
+      USE_DOCKER_MOCK: "YES"
+      STAFF_ADMIN_EMAIL: "test@test.com"
     services:
       postgres:
         image: postgis/postgis:15-master
@@ -76,6 +98,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install docker-compose
+        run: |
+          sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+          sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+          docker-compose version
       - name: Install Poetry
         run: |
           pipx install poetry
@@ -86,7 +113,9 @@ jobs:
           cache: poetry
           cache-dependency-path: ${{ inputs.working_directory }}/poetry.lock
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: poetry install
+        run: |
+          poetry update
+          poetry install
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           poetry run pytest