diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 11089766bf..0a0b5cc0ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ on:
     branches:
       - "main"
 
+
+env:
+  POSTGRES_HOST: localhost
+  POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+  POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+  POSTGRES_DB: prowler_db_test
+
+
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -15,6 +24,26 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.12"]
 
+    # Service containers to run with `test`
+    services:
+      # Label used to access the service container
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_HOST: ${{ env.POSTGRES_HOST }}
+          POSTGRES_PORT: ${{ env.POSTGRES_PORT }}
+          POSTGRES_USER: ${{ env.POSTGRES_USER }}
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
+          POSTGRES_DB: ${{ env.POSTGRES_DB }}
+        # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Test if changes are in not ignored paths
diff --git a/src/backend/config/django/testing.py b/src/backend/config/django/testing.py
index 07326f7010..b0164b6c9f 100644
--- a/src/backend/config/django/testing.py
+++ b/src/backend/config/django/testing.py
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ from config.env import env
 DEBUG = env.bool("DJANGO_DEBUG", default=False)
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = env.list("DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS", default=["localhost", "127.0.0.1"])
 
-# Database
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": ":memory:",
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
+        "NAME": "prowler_db_test",
+        "USER": env("POSTGRES_USER", default="prowler"),
+        "PASSWORD": env("POSTGRES_PASSWORD", default="S3cret"),
+        "HOST": env("POSTGRES_HOST", default="localhost"),
+        "PORT": env("POSTGRES_PORT", default="5432"),
     }
 }