diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 08b94ccefeef..2668c1f34489 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -68,21 +68,28 @@ jobs:
       uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
       with:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    - name: Run the storage-service instance
-      run: |
-        cargo run --release -p linera-storage-service -- memory --endpoint $LINERA_STORAGE_SERVICE &
-    - name: Run the validators
-      run: |
-        cargo build --features storage-service
-        mkdir /tmp/local-linera-net
-        cargo run --features storage-service --bin linera -- net up --storage service:tcp:$LINERA_STORAGE_SERVICE:table --policy-config testnet --path /tmp/local-linera-net --validators 4 --shards 4 &
+    - name: Run the storage-service instance (in the background)
+      id: storage-service
+      uses: JarvusInnovations/background-action@v1
+      with:
+        run: cargo run --release -p linera-storage-service -- memory --endpoint $LINERA_STORAGE_SERVICE &
+        wait-on: http://${{ env.LINERA_STORAGE_SERVICE }}
+        tail: true
+    - name: Run the validators (in the background)
+      id: validators
+      uses: JarvusInnovations/background-action@v1
+      with:
+        run: |
+          mkdir /tmp/local-linera-net
+          cargo run --features storage-service --bin linera -- net up --storage service:tcp:$LINERA_STORAGE_SERVICE:table --policy-config testnet --path /tmp/local-linera-net --validators 4 --shards 4 --with-faucet --faucet-port 8079 --faucet-amount 1000 &
+        wait-on: http://localhost:8080
+        tail: true
     - name: Create two epochs and run the faucet
       # See https://github.com/linera-io/linera-protocol/pull/2835 for details.
       run: |
         cargo build --bin linera
         cargo run --bin linera -- resource-control-policy --http-request-timeout-ms 1000
         cargo run --bin linera -- resource-control-policy --http-request-timeout-ms 500
-        cargo run --bin linera -- faucet --amount 1000 --port 8079 &
     - name: Run the remote-net tests
       run: |
         cargo test -p linera-service remote_net_grpc --features remote-net