diff --git a/src/test/java/uk/gov/pay/connector/rules/PostgresTestDocker.java b/src/test/java/uk/gov/pay/connector/rules/PostgresTestDocker.java
index 717dd6cb34..46d7a30667 100644
--- a/src/test/java/uk/gov/pay/connector/rules/PostgresTestDocker.java
+++ b/src/test/java/uk/gov/pay/connector/rules/PostgresTestDocker.java
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection;
 import static org.testcontainers.containers.PostgreSQLContainer.POSTGRESQL_PORT;
 
 public class PostgresTestDocker {
-
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PostgresTestDocker.class);
-
+    private static final boolean IS_CI = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getenv("CI"));
     private static final String DB_NAME = "connector_test";
     private static final String DB_USERNAME = "test";
     private static final String DB_PASSWORD = "test";
@@ -32,12 +32,16 @@ public static void getOrCreate() {
                 POSTGRES_CONTAINER = new PostgreSQLContainer<>("postgres:15.2")
                         .withUsername(DB_USERNAME)
                         .withPassword(DB_PASSWORD)
-                        .withCreateContainerCmdModifier(cmd -> cmd.withHostConfig(
-                                new HostConfig().withPortBindings(new PortBinding(
-                                        Ports.Binding.bindIp("127.0.0.1"),
-                                        new ExposedPort(POSTGRESQL_PORT)
-                                ))
-                        ));
+                        .withCreateContainerCmdModifier(cmd -> {
+                            if (!IS_CI) {
+                                cmd.withHostConfig(
+                                        new HostConfig().withPortBindings(new PortBinding(
+                                                Ports.Binding.bindIp("127.0.0.1"),
+                                                new ExposedPort(POSTGRESQL_PORT)
+                                        ))
+                                );
+                            }
+                        });
 
                 POSTGRES_CONTAINER.start();
                 createDatabase();
diff --git a/src/test/java/uk/gov/pay/connector/rules/SqsTestDocker.java b/src/test/java/uk/gov/pay/connector/rules/SqsTestDocker.java
index 49452e38be..a5722f1644 100644
--- a/src/test/java/uk/gov/pay/connector/rules/SqsTestDocker.java
+++ b/src/test/java/uk/gov/pay/connector/rules/SqsTestDocker.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 public class SqsTestDocker {
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SqsTestDocker.class);
-
+    private static final boolean IS_CI = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getenv("CI"));
     private static GenericContainer sqsContainer;
 
     public static AmazonSQS initialise(List<String> queueNames) {
@@ -41,12 +41,16 @@ private static void createContainer() {
 
             sqsContainer = new GenericContainer("softwaremill/elasticmq-native:1.4.2")
                     .withExposedPorts(9324)
-                    .withCreateContainerCmdModifier((Consumer<CreateContainerCmd>) cmd -> cmd.withHostConfig(
-                            new HostConfig().withPortBindings(new PortBinding(
-                                    Ports.Binding.bindIp("127.0.0.1"),
-                                    new ExposedPort(9324)
-                            ))
-                    ))
+                    .withCreateContainerCmdModifier((Consumer<CreateContainerCmd>) cmd -> {
+                        if (!IS_CI) {
+                            cmd.withHostConfig(
+                                    new HostConfig().withPortBindings(new PortBinding(
+                                            Ports.Binding.bindIp("127.0.0.1"),
+                                            new ExposedPort(9324)
+                                    ))
+                            );
+                        }
+                    })
                     .waitingFor(Wait.forLogMessage(".*ElasticMQ server.*.*started.*", 1));
             sqsContainer.start();
         }