diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6bfa69123..5f45f31ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ concurrency:
   group: build-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  INSTALL_DOCKER_REPO: 1
+
 jobs:
   check-commit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
       #   uses: luchihoratiu/debug-via-ssh@main
       #   with:
       #     NGROK_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NGROK_AUTH_TOKEN }}
-      #     SSH_PASS: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASS }}
+      #     SSH_PASS: ${{ secrets.NGROK_SSH_PASS }}
 
       - name: run ci
         timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/tests.mk b/tests.mk
index a6493efdb..18d9d53b9 100644
--- a/tests.mk
+++ b/tests.mk
@@ -42,7 +42,15 @@ else
 endif
 endif
 
-ci-dependencies: bats shellcheck xmlstarlet
+ci-dependencies: bats shellcheck xmlstarlet docker-compose-apt-repo
+
+docker-compose-apt-repo:
+ifdef INSTALL_DOCKER_REPO
+	curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker.gpg
+	echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(shell . /etc/os-release && echo "$$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
+	sudo apt update
+	sudo apt-get -qq -y --no-install-recommends install docker-compose-plugin
+endif
 
 setup-deploy-tests:
 ifdef ENABLE_DOKKU_TRACE