diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1e0e767e7328c3b4421b4b5192f71abbd84e36ee..2151d29bcad5715613c210b400928f1abeb396ed 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ test:
   #   DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
   # stage: test
   services:
-    - docker:19.03.0-dind
+    - docker:dind
   before_script:
     - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
     - chmod +x env_setup.sh wait_for_container.sh
diff --git a/registrar_test.py b/registrar_test.py
index 019c3e8aa9646f7919b56431ffbc4cb64ab7a0e9..43cc696132ab02e1b785d339c2c5983665656e03 100644
--- a/registrar_test.py
+++ b/registrar_test.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def connect_to_db(eo_id):
     global db_name, coverage_id
     connection= None
     try:
-        connection = psycopg2.connect(dbname=database, user=database_user, password=database_password, host='127.0.0.1', port=port)
+        connection = psycopg2.connect(dbname=database, user=database_user, password=database_password, host='docker', port=port)
         cursor = connection.cursor()
         db_name = connection.get_dsn_parameters()["dbname"]
         postgreSQL_select_Query = "SELECT identifier FROM coverages_eoobject WHERE identifier = '%s';" % eo_id