diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/pr-validation.yml b/.gitea/workflows/pr-validation.yml
index 5ffd3b0..70e023c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/pr-validation.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/pr-validation.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ jobs:
             apt-get install -y jq
           fi
 
+      - name: Prepare test runtime
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y ruby
+          git config --global user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@users.noreply.local"
+
       - name: Run full unit test suite with coverage
         id: coverage
         run: |
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/push-validation.yml b/.gitea/workflows/push-validation.yml
index e29900b..08b5c7d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/push-validation.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/push-validation.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify AWS CLI
         run: aws --version
 
+      - name: Prepare test runtime
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y ruby
+          git config --global user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@users.noreply.local"
+
       - name: Run full unit test suite with coverage
         id: coverage-tests
         run: |