diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-functional-microstack.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-functional-microstack.yaml
index d2ac51a6..eac7cc2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-functional-microstack.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-functional-microstack.yaml
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install ColdFront and plugin
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r test-requirements.txt
-          pip install -e .
+          ./ci/setup.sh
 
       - name: Install and start Ceph RadosGW
         run: |
diff --git a/ci/run_functional_tests_openshift.sh b/ci/run_functional_tests_openshift.sh
index 2aa9125d..a1418c72 100755
--- a/ci/run_functional_tests_openshift.sh
+++ b/ci/run_functional_tests_openshift.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="local_settings"
 export FUNCTIONAL_TESTS="True"
 export OS_API_URL="https://onboarding-onboarding.cluster.local:6443"
 export PYTHONWARNINGS="ignore:Unverified HTTPS request"
+export DB_URL="postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres"
 
 
 coverage run --source="." -m django test coldfront_plugin_cloud.tests.functional.openshift
diff --git a/ci/run_functional_tests_openstack.sh b/ci/run_functional_tests_openstack.sh
index b6aa1c67..3d92968e 100755
--- a/ci/run_functional_tests_openstack.sh
+++ b/ci/run_functional_tests_openstack.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="local_settings"
 export FUNCTIONAL_TESTS="True"
 export OS_AUTH_URL="https://localhost:5000"
 export PYTHONWARNINGS="ignore:Unverified HTTPS request"
+export DB_URL="postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres"
 
 coverage run --source="." -m django test coldfront_plugin_cloud.tests.functional.openstack
 coverage run --source="." -m django test coldfront_plugin_cloud.tests.functional.esi
diff --git a/ci/run_unit_tests.sh b/ci/run_unit_tests.sh
index 26de492f..2ea96f3e 100755
--- a/ci/run_unit_tests.sh
+++ b/ci/run_unit_tests.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ if [[ ! "${CI}" == "true" ]]; then
 fi
 
 export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="local_settings"
+export DB_URL="postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres"
 
 coverage run --source="." -m django test coldfront_plugin_cloud.tests.unit
 coverage report
diff --git a/ci/setup.sh b/ci/setup.sh
index 76d242a5..09966352 100755
--- a/ci/setup.sh
+++ b/ci/setup.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set -xe
 
+sudo systemctl start postgresql.service
+sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER postgres PASSWORD 'postgres';"
+
 # If running on Github actions, don't create a virtualenv
 if [[ ! "${CI}" == "true" ]]; then
     virtualenv -p python3 /tmp/coldfront_venv
diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_cloud/tests/unit/test_migrate_field_of_science.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_cloud/tests/unit/test_migrate_field_of_science.py
index 8bc11f1a..a439ba83 100644
--- a/src/coldfront_plugin_cloud/tests/unit/test_migrate_field_of_science.py
+++ b/src/coldfront_plugin_cloud/tests/unit/test_migrate_field_of_science.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import uuid
 import tempfile
 
+from django.db import connection
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from coldfront.core.project.models import Project
 from coldfront.core.field_of_science.models import FieldOfScience
@@ -9,6 +10,17 @@
 
 
 class TestFixAllocation(base.TestBase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Because Coldfront manually sets the IDs of FieldOfScience (FOS) entries, this creates a mismatch
+        between the actual FOS IDs and the sequence that Postgres uses to auto-increment them
+        """
+        super().setUp()
+        with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+            cursor.execute(
+                'SELECT setval(pg_get_serial_sequence(\'field_of_science_fieldofscience\',\'id\'), coalesce(max("id"), 1), max("id") IS NOT null) FROM "field_of_science_fieldofscience";'
+            )
+
     def test_command_output(self):
         old_fos_1 = self.new_field_of_science()
         old_fos_2 = self.new_field_of_science()
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 3d041edd..6161d07c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ python-keystoneclient
 python-novaclient
 python-neutronclient
 python-swiftclient
+psycopg2