diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index b398057..3b7e21a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ on:
         default: |
           php artisan migrate:fresh --env=ci
           php artisan test --env=ci --no-coverage
-      LINUX_PACKAGES:
-        description: A comma separated list of linux packages which should be installed.
+      BREW_FORMULAS:
+        description: A space separated list of brew formulas which should be installed.
         required: false
         type: string
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         # https://github.com/actions/checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup PHP
         # https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php
@@ -98,12 +98,13 @@ jobs:
           coverage: none
 
       - name: Install additional packages
-        if: ${{ inputs.LINUX_PACKAGES != '' }}
-        # https://github.com/awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action
-        uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
-        with:
-          packages: ${{ inputs.LINUX_PACKAGES }}
-          version: ${{ inputs.PHP_VERSION }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.BREW_FORMULAS != '' }}
+        # Brew is available in the GitHub Runner Ubuntu image, but not in the PATH.
+        run: |
+          eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
+          brew install ${{ inputs.BREW_FORMULAS }}
+          # Add brew package install path to the PATH for subsequent steps.
+          echo "/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
       # The GitHub runner PostgreSQL version is outdated, and will not work with databases using the latest PostgreSQL version.
       - name: Update PostgreSQL
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Cache composer dependencies
         # https://github.com/actions/cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v6
         with:
           path: ${{ steps.get-cache-dir.outputs.directory }}
           key: dependencies-laravel-${{ inputs.LARAVEL_VERSION }}-php-${{ inputs.PHP_VERSION }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('composer.json') }}
diff --git a/examples/tests-multiple-db-images.yml b/examples/tests-multiple-db-images.yml
index 3d5f1e2..6143b71 100644
--- a/examples/tests-multiple-db-images.yml
+++ b/examples/tests-multiple-db-images.yml
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ jobs:
       DATABASE_PORT: 5432
       DATABASE_USERNAME: postgres
       DATABASE_CONNECTION: pgsql
-#      DATABASE_HOST: 127.0.0.1
+      DATABASE_HOST: localhost # For some reason postgres runs extremely slow when not using localhost, while mysql and mariadb don't accept localhost
       DATABASE_OPTIONS: "--health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 3"
       PHP_VERSION: ${{ matrix.php }}
       LARAVEL_VERSION: ${{ matrix.laravel }}
       DEPENDENCY_VERSION: ${{ matrix.dependency-version }}
 #      TEST_COMMANDS: vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit-ci.xml.dist
-#      LINUX_PACKAGES: imagemagick jpegoptim optipng pngquant gifsicle webp ffmpeg
+#      BREW_FORMULAS: ghostscript jpegoptim optipng pngquant gifsicle webp ffmpeg mariadb
diff --git a/examples/tests.yml b/examples/tests.yml
index 52ee03e..1f5dbc8 100644
--- a/examples/tests.yml
+++ b/examples/tests.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        php: [ 8.2, 8.3 ]
-        laravel: [ 11.* ]
+        php: [ 8.4, 8.5 ]
+        laravel: [ 13.* ]
         dependency-version: [ prefer-stable ]
     with:
       DATABASE_NAME: myproject_test
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ jobs:
       LARAVEL_VERSION: ${{ matrix.laravel }}
       DEPENDENCY_VERSION: ${{ matrix.dependency-version }}
 #      TEST_COMMANDS: vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit-ci.xml.dist
-#      LINUX_PACKAGES: imagemagick jpegoptim optipng pngquant gifsicle webp ffmpeg
+#      BREW_FORMULAS: ghostscript jpegoptim optipng pngquant gifsicle webp ffmpeg mariadb