diff --git a/.woodpecker/e2e.yml b/.woodpecker/e2e.yml
index 8100082..d4d706d 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/e2e.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/e2e.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 kind: pipeline
-type: exec
+type: docker
 name: e2e
 
-node:
+labels:
   podman: "true"
 
 trigger:
@@ -10,40 +10,55 @@ trigger:
     - push
     - pull_request
 
+environment:
+  PNPM_HOME: /root/.local/share/pnpm
+  PATH: /root/.local/share/pnpm:/root/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+
 steps:
   - name: run-e2e
+    image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.56.0-jammy
+    pull: true
+    privileged: true
     environment:
       HARB_ENV: BASE_SEPOLIA_LOCAL_FORK
       SKIP_WATCH: "1"
+      XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: /tmp/podman-run
     commands:
-      - bash -lc '
-          set -euo pipefail
-          npm config set fund false
-          npm config set audit false
-          npm ci --prefix kraiken-lib --no-audit --no-fund
-          ./scripts/build-kraiken-lib.sh
-          npm ci --prefix landing --no-audit --no-fund
-          npm ci --prefix web-app --no-audit --no-fund
-          npm ci --prefix services/ponder --no-audit --no-fund
-          npm ci --prefix services/txnBot --no-audit --no-fund
-          npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
-          npx playwright install chromium
-          trap "./scripts/dev.sh stop || true" EXIT
-          ./scripts/dev.sh start
-          timeout 180 bash -lc "until curl -sf http://localhost:8081/api/graphql > /dev/null; do sleep 3; done"
-          npm run test:e2e
-        '
+      - |
+        set -euo pipefail
+        export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+        mkdir -p "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"
+        apt-get update
+        apt-get install -y podman python3-pip curl jq ca-certificates
+        python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir podman-compose
+        npm config set fund false
+        npm config set audit false
+        npm ci --prefix kraiken-lib --no-audit --no-fund
+        ./scripts/build-kraiken-lib.sh
+        npm ci --prefix landing --no-audit --no-fund
+        npm ci --prefix web-app --no-audit --no-fund
+        npm ci --prefix services/ponder --no-audit --no-fund
+        npm ci --prefix services/txnBot --no-audit --no-fund
+        npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
+        npx playwright install chromium
+        trap "./scripts/dev.sh stop || true" EXIT
+        ./scripts/dev.sh start
+        timeout 240 bash -c 'until curl -sf http://localhost:8081/api/graphql > /dev/null; do sleep 3; done'
+        npm run test:e2e
 
   - name: collect-artifacts
+    image: alpine:3.20
+    depends_on:
+      - run-e2e
     when:
       status:
         - success
         - failure
     commands:
-      - bash -lc '
-          set -euo pipefail
-          mkdir -p artifacts
-          if [ -d playwright-report ]; then tar -czf artifacts/playwright-report.tgz playwright-report; fi
-          if [ -d test-results ]; then tar -czf artifacts/test-results.tgz test-results; fi
-          if [ -d logs ]; then tar -czf artifacts/stack-logs.tgz logs; fi
-        '
+      - |
+        set -euo pipefail
+        apk add --no-cache tar gzip
+        mkdir -p artifacts
+        if [ -d playwright-report ]; then tar -czf artifacts/playwright-report.tgz playwright-report; fi
+        if [ -d test-results ]; then tar -czf artifacts/test-results.tgz test-results; fi
+        if [ -d logs ]; then tar -czf artifacts/stack-logs.tgz logs; fi