diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 73aaf1d901..c2b92499fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -16,16 +16,20 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x] #, 22.x]
+        node-container: ["node:16", "node:18", "node:20"] #, "node:22"]
         # See supported Node.js release schedule at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/
+        
+    container: ${{ matrix.node-container }}
+    services:
+      crdb:
+        image: cockroachdb/cockroach
+        env:
+          COCKROACH_ARGS: 'start-single-node --insecure --cache=1GB --store=type=mem,size=4GB'
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-      with:
-        node-version: ${{matrix.node-version}}
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - run: docker compose -f .github/workflows/test/cockroachdb.docker-compose up -d
     - run: npm i
+    - run: chown -R 1001:127 /github/home/.npm #This fix is needed for running CLI tests
     - run: cp .github/workflows/test/cockroachdb.ormconfig.json ormconfig.json
     - run: npm test
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test/cockroachdb.docker-compose b/.github/workflows/test/cockroachdb.docker-compose
deleted file mode 100644
index 448ca832c3..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test/cockroachdb.docker-compose
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-version: "3"
-services:
-  cockroachdb:
-    image: "cockroachdb/cockroach:v23.1.9"
-    container_name: "typeorm-cockroachdb"
-    command: start-single-node --insecure --cache=0.75 --store=type=mem,size=0.75
-    ports:
-      - "26257:26257"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test/cockroachdb.ormconfig.json b/.github/workflows/test/cockroachdb.ormconfig.json
index e9501327a6..170374b7f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test/cockroachdb.ormconfig.json
+++ b/.github/workflows/test/cockroachdb.ormconfig.json
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
     "skip": false,
     "name": "cockroachdb",
     "type": "cockroachdb",
-    "host": "localhost",
+    "host": "crdb",
     "port": 26257,
     "username": "root",
     "password": "",
-    "database": "defaultdb"
+    "database": "defaultdb",
+    "logging": false
   },
 
   {
diff --git a/src/driver/cockroachdb/CockroachQueryRunner.ts b/src/driver/cockroachdb/CockroachQueryRunner.ts
index f6d3d16f2d..45e3b250a9 100644
--- a/src/driver/cockroachdb/CockroachQueryRunner.ts
+++ b/src/driver/cockroachdb/CockroachQueryRunner.ts
@@ -225,7 +225,9 @@ export class CockroachQueryRunner
         } else {
             this.storeQueries = false
             this.transactionDepth -= 1
-            await this.query("RELEASE SAVEPOINT cockroach_restart")
+            // This was disabled because it failed tests after update to CRDB 24.2
+            // https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/pull/11190
+            // await this.query("RELEASE SAVEPOINT cockroach_restart")
             await this.query("COMMIT")
             this.queries = []
             this.isTransactionActive = false
@@ -1019,7 +1021,7 @@ export class CockroachQueryRunner
         const enumColumns = newTable.columns.filter(
             (column) => column.type === "enum" || column.type === "simple-enum",
         )
-        for (let column of enumColumns) {
+        for (const column of enumColumns) {
             // skip renaming for user-defined enum name
             if (column.enumName) continue
 
@@ -3903,7 +3905,7 @@ export class CockroachQueryRunner
         table: Table,
         indexOrName: TableIndex | TableUnique | string,
     ): Query {
-        let indexName =
+        const indexName =
             InstanceChecker.isTableIndex(indexOrName) ||
             InstanceChecker.isTableUnique(indexOrName)
                 ? indexOrName.name
diff --git a/test/functional/query-builder/locking/query-builder-locking.ts b/test/functional/query-builder/locking/query-builder-locking.ts
index b141ff2064..84b2ae82f9 100644
--- a/test/functional/query-builder/locking/query-builder-locking.ts
+++ b/test/functional/query-builder/locking/query-builder-locking.ts
@@ -975,7 +975,10 @@ describe("query builder > locking", () => {
                                 .createQueryBuilder(Post, "post")
                                 .leftJoin("post.author", "user")
                                 .setLock("pessimistic_write")
-                                .getOne(),
+                                .getOne()
+                                .should.be.rejectedWith(
+                                    "FOR UPDATE cannot be applied to the nullable side of an outer join",
+                                ),
                         ])
                     })
                 }
diff --git a/test/functional/repository/find-options-locking/find-options-locking.ts b/test/functional/repository/find-options-locking/find-options-locking.ts
index 020c9b2118..a554372857 100644
--- a/test/functional/repository/find-options-locking/find-options-locking.ts
+++ b/test/functional/repository/find-options-locking/find-options-locking.ts
@@ -638,11 +638,17 @@ describe("repository > find options > locking", () => {
                                     tables: ["post"],
                                 },
                             }),
-                            entityManager.getRepository(Post).findOne({
-                                where: { id: 1 },
-                                relations: { author: true },
-                                lock: { mode: "pessimistic_write" },
-                            }),
+                            entityManager
+                                .getRepository(Post)
+                                .findOne({
+                                    where: { id: 1 },
+                                    relations: { author: true },
+                                    lock: { mode: "pessimistic_write" },
+                                })
+                                .should.be.rejectedWith(
+                                    "FOR UPDATE cannot be applied to the nullable side of an outer join",
+                                ),
+                            ,
                         ])
                     })
                 }