diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 3cb3cb5dd..5b7bf6836 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ jobs:
     container: ubuntu:22.04
     timeout-minutes: 20
 
+    services:
+      foundationdb:
+        # Note: this should generally match the version of the FoundationDB SERVER deployed in production; it's okay if
+        # it's a little behind the CLIENT version.
+        image: foundationdb/foundationdb:7.3.62
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Set up JDK 21
@@ -26,6 +32,17 @@ jobs:
           HOME: /root
       - name: Install APT packages
         # ca-certificates: required for AWS CRT client
-        run: apt update && apt install -y ca-certificates
+        run: apt update && apt install -y ca-certificates curl
+      - name: Download and install FoundationDB client
+        env:
+          # Note that even-numbered patch versions have AVX instructions disabled; not all GitHub Actions runners have
+          # AVX-capable processors, and we should take care to use non-AVX FoundationDB versions.
+          FOUNDATIONDB_VERSION: 7.3.62
+          FOUNDATIONDB_SHA256: 5cedd29f9dd31e6ad259bd2bd14b61293372bcb8c0c2d8dc4cf4689203790547
+        run: |
+          curl -L https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/releases/download/${FOUNDATIONDB_VERSION}/foundationdb-clients_${FOUNDATIONDB_VERSION}-1_amd64.deb -O && \
+          echo "${FOUNDATIONDB_SHA256}  foundationdb-clients_${FOUNDATIONDB_VERSION}-1_amd64.deb" | sha256sum --check --status - && \
+          apt install -y ./foundationdb-clients_${FOUNDATIONDB_VERSION}-1_amd64.deb && \
+          rm foundationdb-clients_${FOUNDATIONDB_VERSION}-1_amd64.deb
       - name: Build with Maven
-        run: ./mvnw -e -B verify
+        run: ./mvnw -e -B verify -DfoundationDb.serviceContainerName=foundationdb
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02af1764b..84b39cead 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
     <dynamodblocal.version>2.2.1</dynamodblocal.version>
     <!-- Note: when updating FoundationDB, also include a copy of `libfdb_c.so` from the FoundationDB release at
     src/main/jib/usr/lib/libfdb_c.so. We use x86_64 builds without AVX instructions enabled (i.e. FoundationDB versions
-    with even-numbered patch versions). -->
+    with even-numbered patch versions). Also when updating FoundationDB, make sure to update the version of FoundationDB
+    used by GitHub Actions. -->
     <foundationdb.version>7.3.62</foundationdb.version>
     <google-cloud-libraries.version>26.57.0</google-cloud-libraries.version>
     <grpc.version>1.70.0</grpc.version> <!-- should be kept in sync with the value from Google libraries-bom -->