diff --git a/.github/workflows/sqlx.yml b/.github/workflows/sqlx.yml
index 452dcff5ab..8ba5907189 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sqlx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sqlx.yml
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: |
           docker compose -f tests/docker-compose.yml run -d -p 5432:5432 --name postgres_${{ matrix.postgres }} postgres_${{ matrix.postgres }}
+
+      - run: |
           docker exec postgres_${{ matrix.postgres }} bash -c "until pg_isready; do sleep 1; done"
 
       # Create data dir for offline mode
@@ -302,15 +304,31 @@ jobs:
           # but `PgLTree` should just fall back to text format
           RUSTFLAGS: --cfg postgres_${{ matrix.postgres }}
 
-      # client SSL authentication
+  postgres-ssl-auth:
+    name: Postgres SSL Auth
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        postgres: [ 13, 17 ]
+        runtime: [ async-std, tokio ]
+        tls: [ native-tls, rustls-aws-lc-rs, rustls-ring ]
+    needs: check
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Rust
+        run: rustup show active-toolchain || rustup toolchain install
+
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
 
       - run: |
-          docker stop postgres_${{ matrix.postgres }}
           docker compose -f tests/docker-compose.yml run -d -p 5432:5432 --name postgres_${{ matrix.postgres }}_client_ssl postgres_${{ matrix.postgres }}_client_ssl
+
+      - run: |
           docker exec postgres_${{ matrix.postgres }}_client_ssl bash -c "until pg_isready; do sleep 1; done"
 
-      - if: matrix.tls != 'none'
-        run: >
+      - run: >
           cargo test
           --no-default-features
           --features any,postgres,macros,_unstable-all-types,runtime-${{ matrix.runtime }},tls-${{ matrix.tls }}
diff --git a/tests/docker-compose.yml b/tests/docker-compose.yml
index 89ca096169..7e2599d997 100644
--- a/tests/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tests/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3"
-
 services:
     #
     # MySQL 8.x, 5.7.x