diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index bfd770ea10a..01a4310510d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ env:
   MARGS: "-j2"
   CFLAGS: "-g"
   # This will need updating as the ubuntu-latest image changes:
-  PHP_FPM: "/usr/sbin/php-fpm8.1"
+  PHP_FPM: "/usr/sbin/php-fpm8.3"
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/test/travis_before_linux.sh b/test/travis_before_linux.sh
index d35f61cf633..e85590b99b9 100755
--- a/test/travis_before_linux.sh
+++ b/test/travis_before_linux.sh
@@ -252,3 +252,8 @@ if test -v TEST_MOD_TLS -a -v RUSTLS_VERSION; then
         popd
     fi
 fi
+
+if test -v PHP_FPM -a ! -v SKIP_TESTING; then
+    # Sanity test the php-fpm executable exists.
+    $PHP_FPM --version || exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/test/travis_run_linux.sh b/test/travis_run_linux.sh
index 8d74f58d483..67378192a33 100755
--- a/test/travis_run_linux.sh
+++ b/test/travis_run_linux.sh
@@ -128,11 +128,6 @@ if test -v TEST_ASAN; then
     export ASAN_OPTIONS="log_path=$PWD/asan.log:detect_leaks=0"
 fi
 
-if test -v PHP_FPM; then
-    # Sanity test the executable exists.
-    $PHP_FPM --version
-fi
-
 # Try to keep all potential coredumps from all processes
 sudo sysctl -w kernel.core_uses_pid=1 2>/dev/null || true
 # Systemd based systems might process core dumps via systemd-coredump.