diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 2fb2df4fd7..5d00d3aea4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
     branches: [ master, develop ]
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     steps:
     # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
@@ -21,13 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         cp ./extras/docker/.dockerignore ./
 
     - name: build Docker image
-      run: docker build -t andresriancho/w3af:test-action
-
-
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      run: docker build -t andresriancho/w3af:test-action .
 
     - name: run w3af tests
-      run: docker run -it andresriancho/w3af:test-action pytest
+      run: docker run andresriancho/w3af:test-action pytest
diff --git a/extras/docker/Dockerfile b/extras/docker/Dockerfile
index 5ef573caf7..e679151f66 100644
--- a/extras/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/extras/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ RUN sed 's/apt-get/apt-get -y/g' -i /tmp/w3af_dependency_install.sh
 RUN sed 's/pip install/pip install --upgrade/g' -i /tmp/w3af_dependency_install.sh
 RUN /tmp/w3af_dependency_install.sh
 
+# install test dependencies
+RUN pip install -r w3af/tests/requirements.txt
+
 # Compile the py files into pyc in order to speed-up w3af's start
 RUN python -m compileall -q .