diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend_check_schema.yml b/.github/workflows/backend_check_schema.yml
index 3e789d174..6acbfc331 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend_check_schema.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend_check_schema.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           ./setup-folders.sh
           cp .env.example .env
           chmod -R a+rwx backend_repo/ models_cache/ spacy_models/
-          python monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py --disable_ray
+          python monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py --disable_ray --disable_ollama
           export GID=$(id -g)
           docker compose -f compose-test.yml up -d --quiet-pull postgres
           echo Waiting for containers to start...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend_unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/backend_unit_tests.yml
index 0760325fc..648efb50d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend_unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend_unit_tests.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           ./setup-folders.sh
           cp .env.example .env
           chmod -R a+rwx backend_repo/ models_cache/ spacy_models/
-          python monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py --disable_ray
+          python monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py --disable_ray --disable_ollama
           export GID=$(id -g)
           docker compose -f compose-test.yml up -d --quiet-pull
           echo Waiting for containers to start...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-openapi-spec.yml b/.github/workflows/update-openapi-spec.yml
index 9304252ab..fe3c0c599 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-openapi-spec.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-openapi-spec.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           ./setup-folders.sh
           cp .env.example .env
           chmod -R a+rwx backend_repo/ models_cache/ spacy_models/
-          python monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py --disable_ray
+          python monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py --disable_ray --disable_ollama
           export GID=$(id -g)
           docker compose -f compose-test.yml up -d --quiet-pull --wait --wait-timeout 300
           echo Waiting for containers to start...
diff --git a/docker/monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py b/docker/monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py
index 88882a517..9dd163d4f 100644
--- a/docker/monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py
+++ b/docker/monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py
@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@
 data = yaml.safe_load(file)
 
 disable_ray = len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == "--disable_ray"
+disable_ollama = len(sys.argv) > 2 and sys.argv[2] == "--disable_ollama"
 
 if disable_ray:
     # remove ray as it's too resource-intensive for CI
     data["services"].pop("ray", None)
 
+if disable_ollama:
+    # remove ray as it's too resource-intensive for CI
+    data["services"].pop("ollama", None)
+    data["services"]["celery-background-jobs-worker"]["depends_on"].pop("ollama", None)
+
 for a in data["services"]:
     data["services"][a].pop("deploy", None)