diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 9fab716daa..9979c8f124 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -32,14 +32,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
           cache: "pnpm"
           cache-dependency-path: pnpm-lock.yaml
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install --filter e2e --frozen-lockfile
-      - name: Install Cypress binary
-        run: cd ./e2e && pnpm exec cypress install
       - name: Start DB and ZITADEL
-        run: |
-          cd ./e2e
-          ZITADEL_IMAGE=zitadel:local docker compose up --detach --wait
+        run: ZITADEL_IMAGE=zitadel:local docker compose --file e2e/docker-compose.yml up --detach --wait
       - name: Cypress run
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
         env: