diff --git a/.github/workflows/start-mysql.sh b/.github/workflows/start-mysql.sh
index adbdd308..6ae16fc0 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/start-mysql.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/start-mysql.sh
@@ -3,18 +3,25 @@ set -xe
 
 DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION=v2.2.3
 
-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install -y netcat-openbsd make gcc
+# sudo apt-get update
+# sudo apt-get install -y netcat-openbsd make gcc
 
-sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m`
-sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+# sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m`
+# sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+
+cmd=if ! type "$docker-compose" > /dev/null; then
+  "docker-compose"
+else
+  "podman-compose"
+fi
 
 if [ "$MYSQL_VERSION" == "8.0" ]; then
-  docker-compose -f docker-compose_8.0.yml up -d mysql-1 mysql-2
+  $cmd -f docker-compose_8.0.yml up -d mysql-1 mysql-2
 else
-  docker-compose up -d mysql-1 mysql-2
+  $cmd up -d mysql-1 mysql-2
 fi
 
+
 MAX_ATTEMPTS=60
 
 function wait_for_version () {