diff --git a/.github/workflows/cli-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/cli-tests.yml
index 7fe8ffde00..2b3445fa05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cli-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cli-tests.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.os.name == 'mac' }}
         run: |
           brew install colima docker docker-compose
-          colima start -a vz -m 8 -r docker
+          colima start
           echo "DOCKER_HOST=unix://${HOME}/.colima/docker.sock" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins
           ln -sfn /usr/local/bin/docker-compose ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run:  make requirements
 
+      #colima start -a vz -m 8 -r docker
       # proactively download and extract the image to avoid test timeouts in tests/metrics.py
       # this should be moved into a test setup
       - name: Pull redis docker image