diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f81eb4c..cc0a066 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,34 +8,15 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release-gate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    services:
-      postgres:
-        image: postgres:17-alpine
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
-          POSTGRES_DB: tiku
-        ports: ['5432:5432']
-        options: >-
-          --health-cmd "pg_isready -U postgres -d tiku"
-          --health-interval 5s
-          --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 20
-      redis:
-        image: redis:7-alpine
-        ports: ['6379:6379']
-        options: >-
-          --health-cmd "redis-cli ping"
-          --health-interval 5s
-          --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 20
     env:
-      DATABASE_URL: Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=tiku;Username=postgres;Password=postgres
-      TIKU_TEST_POSTGRES_ADMIN: Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=postgres;Username=postgres;Password=postgres;Pooling=false;Timeout=5;Command Timeout=60
-      REDIS_URL: localhost:6379,abortConnect=false
+      DATABASE_URL: Host=127.0.0.1;Port=5432;Database=tiku;Username=tiku;Password=tiku_dev
+      TIKU_TEST_POSTGRES_ADMIN: Host=127.0.0.1;Port=5432;Database=postgres;Username=tiku;Password=tiku_dev;Pooling=false;Timeout=5;Command Timeout=60
+      REDIS_URL: 127.0.0.1:6379,abortConnect=false
       DOTNET_ENVIRONMENT: Development
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Start development dependencies
+        run: docker compose up -d --wait
       - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
         with:
           dotnet-version: 10.0.x
@@ -69,10 +50,22 @@ jobs:
           dotnet run --project Tiku.Api --no-build --no-launch-profile --urls http://localhost:5090 > /tmp/tiku-api.log 2>&1 &
           api_pid=$!
           trap 'kill "$api_pid" 2>/dev/null || true' EXIT
+          api_ready=false
           for attempt in $(seq 1 60); do
-            curl --fail --silent http://localhost:5090/api/health >/dev/null && break
+            if curl --fail --silent --show-error http://localhost:5090/api/system/health/ready >/dev/null; then
+              api_ready=true
+              break
+            fi
+            if ! kill -0 "$api_pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+              cat /tmp/tiku-api.log
+              exit 1
+            fi
             sleep 1
           done
+          if [ "$api_ready" != true ]; then
+            cat /tmp/tiku-api.log
+            exit 1
+          fi
           curl --fail --silent http://localhost:5090/openapi/v1.json >/dev/null
           cd Tiku.PlatformAdmin.Web
           npm run generate:api
@@ -84,3 +77,6 @@ jobs:
           docker build -f Tiku.Worker/Dockerfile -t tiku-worker:ci .
       - name: Verify clean diff formatting
         run: git diff --check
+      - name: Stop development dependencies
+        if: always()
+        run: docker compose down -v