diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c909d11c..0af3a719 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,16 +26,19 @@ stages:
 
 test_amd64:
   stage: test
-  image: earthly/earthly:v0.6.30
+  image: docker
+  services:
+  - docker:dind
   only:
     - main
     - merge_requests
-  needs:
-    - create_test_machine
-  tags:
-    - earthly-tests
+  before_script:
+    - apk update && apk add git
+    - wget https://github.com/earthly/earthly/releases/download/v0.6.2/earthly-linux-amd64 -O /usr/local/bin/earthly
+    - chmod +x /usr/local/bin/earthly
+    - export FORCE_COLOR=1
+    - /usr/local/bin/earthly bootstrap
   script:
-    - earthly bootstrap
     - earthly --ci +unit-tests-linux-amd64
 
 # delete_test_machine: