diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 8f471185..dab0950b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,29 @@ jobs:
   rspec:
     name: Solidus ${{ matrix.solidus-branch }}, Rails ${{ matrix.rails-version }} and Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby-version }} on ${{ matrix.database }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:16
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd="pg_isready"
+          --health-interval=10s
+          --health-timeout=5s
+          --health-retries=5
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+      mysql:
+        image: mysql:8
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: "yes"
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping"
+          --health-interval=10s
+          --health-timeout=5s
+          --health-retries=5
+        ports:
+          - 3306:3306
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 22dbb571..b6ae6ad6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ branch = ENV.fetch("SOLIDUS_BRANCH", "main")
 gem "solidus", github: "solidusio/solidus", branch: branch
 gem "solidus_backend", github: "solidusio/solidus", branch: branch
 
-rails_requirement_string = ENV.fetch("RAILS_VERSION", "~> 7.0")
-gem "rails", rails_requirement_string
+rails_requirement_string = ENV.fetch("RAILS_VERSION", "7.0")
+gem "rails", "~> #{rails_requirement_string}"
 
 # The solidus_frontend gem has been pulled out since v3.2
 if branch >= "v3.2"