diff --git a/.github/workflows/spark.yaml b/.github/workflows/spark.yaml
index 84cfbb986..42adf41c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spark.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spark.yaml
@@ -75,13 +75,31 @@ jobs:
         scripts/run-graphar2neo4j.sh
 
         # stop and clean
+        neo4j stop
         popd
 
     - name: Run Neo4j importer
       run: |
-        pushd spark/import
+        export JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_HOME_11_X64}
+        pushd spark
+        scripts/get-spark-to-home.sh
+        export SPARK_HOME="${HOME}/spark-3.2.2-bin-hadoop3.2"
+        export PATH="${SPARK_HOME}/bin":"${PATH}"
+
+        scripts/get-neo4j-to-home.sh
+        export NEO4J_HOME="${HOME}/neo4j-community-4.4.23"
+        export PATH="${NEO4J_HOME}/bin":"${PATH}"
+        neo4j-admin set-initial-password neo4j
+
+        scripts/deploy-neo4j-movie-data.sh
+
+        scripts/build.sh
+
+        export NEO4J_USR="neo4j"
+        export NEO4J_PWD="neo4j"
 
         # run the importer
+        cd import
         ./neo4j.sh neo4j.json
 
         # stop and clean