diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index b805d1aa..0e7fc2f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ jobs:
       id: extract
       if: contains(fromJSON('["aries-endorser-db"]'), matrix.service)
       run: echo "tags=$(echo '${{  steps.meta.outputs.tags  }}' | grep -oE ':([^[:space:]]+)' |  sed '/workflow/d' | sed 's/://g' | tr '\n' ' ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Pull database image
+      if: contains(fromJSON('["aries-endorser-db"]'), matrix.service)
+      run: |
+        docker pull  ${{ matrix.SOURCE_IMAGE_REGISTRY }}${{ matrix.SOURCE_IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ matrix.SOURCE_IMAGE_TAG }}   
   
     - name: Build database image
       id: build_image