diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
index 064c1ec..38a3ad9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
@@ -125,5 +125,12 @@ jobs:
           LEVELDB_ANCIENT: ./fixtures/chaindata/_data/small2/ancient
           ETH_GENESIS_BLOCK: "0x8a3c7cddacbd1ab4ec1b03805fa2a287f3a75e43d87f4f987fcc399f5c042614"
         run: |
+          until
+              ready_query='select max(version_id) from goose_db_version;'
+              version=$(docker exec -e PGPASSWORD=password test-ipld-eth-db-1 \
+                  psql -tA cerc_testing -U vdbm -c "$ready_query")
+              [[ "$version" -ge 18 ]]
+          do sleep 1; done
+
           ./ipld-eth-state-snapshot/scripts/compare-snapshots.sh \
             ./snapshot-canonical ./snapshot-current