diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8763d881..9b66b12b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 9930:1433
         options: >-
-          --health-cmd="/opt/mssql-tools18/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P LoremIpsum86 -l 30 -Q \"SELECT 1\" || exit 1"
+          --health-cmd="/opt/mssql-tools18/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P LoremIpsum86 -N -C -l 30 -Q \"SELECT 1\" || exit 1"
           --health-start-period 10s
           --health-interval 10s
           --health-timeout 5s