diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/test-js.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/test-js.yml
index 180e6d545..d3e8467fe 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/test-js.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/test-js.yml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ jobs:
       run: npm run ts:lint
 
     - name: Run JavaScript tests
-      run: npm run test
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+      run: npm run test:ci
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diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/test-php.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/test-php.yml
index 5ff2d14a5..06a6de276 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/test-php.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/test-php.yml
@@ -16,26 +16,36 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/l10n_development' }}
     runs-on: docker
     container:
-      image: docker.io/library/node:24-trixie
+      image: docker.io/setupphp/node:noble
     strategy:
       matrix:
         php: ['8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5']
-    services:
-      mysql:
-        image: docker.io/library/mariadb:12.2.2-noble
-        env:
-          MARIADB_USER: bookstack-test
-          MARIADB_PASSWORD: bookstack-test
-          MARIADB_DATABASE: bookstack-test
-          MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
+    env:
+      phpextensions: gd, mbstring, json, curl, xml, mysql, ldap, gmp
+      phpextensioncachekey: cache-v1
     steps:
     - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v6
 
+    - name: Setup cache environment
+      id: extcache
+      uses: https://github.com/shivammathur/cache-extensions@v1
+      with:
+        php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
+        extensions: ${{ env.phpextensions }}
+        key: ${{ env.phpextensioncachekey }}
+
+    - name: Cache extensions
+      uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/cache@v5
+      with:
+        path: ${{ steps.extcache.outputs.dir }}
+        key: ${{ steps.extcache.outputs.key }}
+        restore-keys: ${{ steps.extcache.outputs.key }}
+
     - name: Setup PHP
       uses: https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php@v2
       with:
         php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
-        extensions: gd, mbstring, json, curl, xml, mysql, ldap, gmp
+        extensions: ${{ env.phpextensions }}
 
     - name: Get Composer Cache Directory
       id: composer-cache
@@ -54,14 +64,25 @@ jobs:
       env:
         COMPOSER_AUTH: '{"github-oauth": {"github.com": "${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}"}}'
 
+    - name: Start MySQL
+      run: |
+        sudo systemctl start mysql
+
+    - name: Create database & user
+      run: |
+        mysql -uroot -proot -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `bookstack-test`;'
+        mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE USER 'bookstack-test'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'bookstack-test';"
+        mysql -uroot -proot -e "GRANT ALL ON \`bookstack-test\`.* TO 'bookstack-test'@'localhost';"
+        mysql -uroot -proot -e 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES;'
+
     - name: Migrate and seed the database
       env:
-        TEST_DATABASE_URL: 'mysql://bookstack-test:bookstack-test@mysql/bookstack-test'
+        TEST_DATABASE_URL: 'mysql://bookstack-test:bookstack-test@localhost/bookstack-test'
       run: |
         php${{ matrix.php }} artisan migrate --force -n --database=mysql_testing
         php${{ matrix.php }} artisan db:seed --force -n --class=DummyContentSeeder --database=mysql_testing
 
     - name: Run PHP tests
       env:
-        TEST_DATABASE_URL: 'mysql://bookstack-test:bookstack-test@mysql/bookstack-test'
+        TEST_DATABASE_URL: 'mysql://bookstack-test:bookstack-test@localhost/bookstack-test'
       run: php${{ matrix.php }} ./vendor/bin/phpunit
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 80810fff1..2ffebc36a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     "lint": "eslint \"resources/**/*.js\" \"resources/**/*.mjs\"",
     "fix": "eslint --fix \"resources/**/*.js\" \"resources/**/*.mjs\"",
     "ts:lint": "tsc --noEmit",
-    "test": "jest"
+    "test": "jest",
+    "test:ci": "jest --maxWorkers=1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/js": "^10.0.1",