diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0bbf93a8a..b7b02b18c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ test:
   extends: .rust-base
   stage: test
   needs: [check]
+  services:
+    - name: redis:7-alpine
+      alias: redis
   script:
     # Remove CUDA stubs from LD_LIBRARY_PATH — nvidia RuntimeClass provides real libcuda.so
     - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(echo "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" | tr ':' '\n' | grep -v stubs | tr '\n' ':' | sed 's/:$//')