diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml
index a1b5ab34a9..459f48336e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -f packages/core-components/coverage/* -F core-components
           bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -f packages/core-plugin-api/coverage/* -F core-plugin-api
         env:
+          BACKSTAGE_TEST_DISABLE_DOCKER: 1
           BACKSTAGE_TEST_DATABASE_POSTGRES13_CONNECTION_STRING: postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:${{ job.services.postgres13.ports[5432] }}
           BACKSTAGE_TEST_DATABASE_POSTGRES9_CONNECTION_STRING: postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:${{ job.services.postgres9.ports[5432] }}
           BACKSTAGE_TEST_DATABASE_MYSQL8_CONNECTION_STRING: mysql://root:root@localhost:${{ job.services.mysql8.ports[3306] }}/ignored
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml
index 4098b44406..6694ace02b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml
@@ -78,3 +78,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288
           yarn e2e-test run
+        env:
+          BACKSTAGE_TEST_DISABLE_DOCKER: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-techdocs.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-techdocs.yml
index 7e9a7e85fa..3806eade25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-techdocs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-techdocs.yml
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: techdocs-cli e2e test
         working-directory: packages/techdocs-cli
         run: yarn test:e2e:ci
+        env:
+          BACKSTAGE_TEST_DISABLE_DOCKER: 1