diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c354353..fbfa615 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ ansible-initvm:
   variables:
     ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: false
   before_script:
+    - apk add openssl
     - echo $ENV_PRIVATE_KEY_BASE64 | base64 -d > /id.pem
     - chmod 0600 /id.pem
     - mv "$INVENTORY_ALPHA_VM" ./infrastructure/iac/ansible/inventory/host_vars/alpha.yaml
@@ -243,8 +244,9 @@ test:
     COMPOSE_PROFILES: |
       --profile migrations
       --profile tests
+    PODMAN_IGNORE_CGROUPSV1_WARNING: True
   script:
-    - apk add --no-cache podman podman-compose
+    - dnf -y install podman podman-compose
     - export PROFILES="$(printf '%s ' $COMPOSE_PROFILES)"
     - cp "$TEST_STAGE_FIREBASE_CONF" ./infrastructure/configs/backend/firebase.json
     - |
@@ -253,12 +255,12 @@ test:
           podman-compose -f compose.yaml $PROFILES logs -f 2>&1
           sleep 1
         done
-      ) | tee -a compose.log &
+      ) | grep "Error: no container" -v | tee -a compose.log &
     - LOGS_PID=$!
     - |
       REGISTRY_PREFIX=$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE IMAGE_TAG=$CI_COMMIT_SHA \
       podman-compose -f compose.yaml -f compose.prod.yaml \
-      $PROFILES up -d 2>&1 | tee compose.log
+      $PROFILES up -d --no-build --pull 2>&1 | tee compose.log
       - |
       TEST_CONTAINER_ID=$(
         podman-compose ps --all --format json \
diff --git a/infrastructure/iac/ansible/base_setup.yaml b/infrastructure/iac/ansible/base_setup.yaml
index 1ab33fc..da34fc8 100644
--- a/infrastructure/iac/ansible/base_setup.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/iac/ansible/base_setup.yaml
@@ -77,15 +77,4 @@
         test_command: uptime
       when: reboot_required_file.stat.exists
       register: reboot_result
-      async: 600
-      poll: 0
-      tags: system
-
-    - name: Wait for reboot to complete
-      ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection:
-        connect_timeout: 20
-        sleep: 5
-        delay: 5
-        timeout: 600
-      when: reboot_required_file.stat.exists
       tags: system