diff --git a/.github/workflows/authenticate_test.yml b/.github/workflows/authenticate_test.yml
index 7c9643f66b..58451caa42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/authenticate_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/authenticate_test.yml
@@ -13,22 +13,29 @@ on:
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
   RUST_BACKTRACE: full
+  DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION: 2.32.4
 
 jobs:
-  # PasswordAuthenticator
   build:
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    name: Run Authentication tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    services:
-      scylladb:
-        image: scylladb/scylla
-        command: --authenticator PasswordAuthenticator
-        ports:
-          - 9042:9042
-        options: --health-cmd "cqlsh --username cassandra --password cassandra --debug" --health-interval 5s --health-retries 30
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
     - name: Update rust toolchain
       run: rustup update
+
+    - name: Start the cluster
+      run: docker compose -f test/cluster/docker-compose-passauth.yml up
+
     - name: Run tests
       run: RUST_LOG=trace cargo test --verbose authenticate_superuser -- custom_authentication --ignored
+
+    - name: Stop the cluster
+      if: ${{ always() }}
+      run: docker compose -f test/cluster/docker-compose-passauth.yml stop
+
+    - name: Print the cluster logs
+      if: ${{ always() }}
+      run: docker compose -f test/cluster/docker-compose-passauth.yml logs
diff --git a/scylla/tests/integration/authenticate.rs b/scylla/tests/integration/authenticate.rs
index 792d1f1ad8..55214ba65a 100644
--- a/scylla/tests/integration/authenticate.rs
+++ b/scylla/tests/integration/authenticate.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl AuthenticatorProvider for CustomAuthenticatorProvider {
 #[ignore]
 async fn custom_authentication() {
     setup_tracing();
-    let uri = std::env::var("SCYLLA_URI").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1:9042".to_string());
+    let uri = std::env::var("SCYLLA_URI").unwrap_or_else(|_| "172.43.0.2:9042".to_string());
 
     println!("Connecting to {} with cassandra superuser ...", uri);
 
diff --git a/test/cluster/docker-compose-passauth.yml b/test/cluster/docker-compose-passauth.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6076063227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cluster/docker-compose-passauth.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+networks:
+  public:
+    name: scylla_rust_driver_passauth_public
+    driver: bridge
+    ipam:
+      driver: default
+      config:
+        - subnet: 172.43.0.0/24
+
+services:
+  scylla:
+    networks:
+      public:
+        ipv4_address: 172.43.0.2
+    image: scylladb/scylla
+    command: |
+      --skip-wait-for-gossip-to-settle 0
+      --ring-delay-ms 0
+      --smp 1
+      --memory 512M
+      --authenticator PasswordAuthenticator
+    ports:
+      - "9042:9042"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: [ "CMD", "cqlsh", "scylla1", "-e", "select * from system.local" ]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 60