diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
index c2e278e..044451c 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository_owner != 'forgejo-integration' && github.repository_owner != 'forgejo-experimental' && github.repository_owner != 'forgejo-release'
     runs-on: docker
     container:
-      image: 'code.forgejo.org/oci/node:20-bookworm'
+      image: 'code.forgejo.org/oci/ci:1'
 
     services:
       forgejo:
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: check the forgejo server is responding
         run: |
-          apt-get update -qq
-          apt-get install -y -qq jq curl retry
           sleep 10 # matches the sleep 10 in the bootstrap of the Forgejo instance
           # in case of a slow machine, give it time to bootstrap
           retry --delay=10 --times=6 bash -c 'test $FORGEJO_ADMIN_USER = $(curl -sS http://$FORGEJO_ADMIN_USER:$FORGEJO_ADMIN_PASSWORD@$FORGEJO_HOST_PORT/api/v1/user | jq --raw-output .login)'