diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index f494dfac..d22de97e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # This file is part of Invenio.
 # Copyright (C) 2020 CERN.
-# Copyright (C) 2022 Graz University of Technology.
+# Copyright (C) 2022-2024 Graz University of Technology.
 #
 # Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
@@ -29,52 +29,31 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.12"]
         requirements-level: [pypi]
         db-service: [postgresql14, mysql8]
         include:
           - db-service: postgresql14
             DB: postgresql
-            POSTGRESQL_VERSION: POSTGRESQL_14_LATEST
-            SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI: "postgresql+psycopg2://invenio:invenio@localhost:5432/invenio"
-            EXTRAS: "tests,postgresql"
 
           - db-service: mysql8
             DB: mysql
-            MYSQL_VERSION: MYSQL_8_LATEST
-            SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI: "mysql+pymysql://invenio:invenio@localhost:3306/invenio"
-            EXTRAS: "tests,mysql"
 
     env:
-      SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI: ${{matrix.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI}}
-      POSTGRESQL_VERSION: ${{matrix.POSTGRESQL_VERSION}}
-      MYSQL_VERSION: ${{matrix.MYSQL_VERSION}}
       DB: ${{ matrix.DB }}
-
+      EXTRAS: tests,${{ matrix.DB }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      - name: Generate dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install wheel requirements-builder
-          requirements-builder -e ${{ matrix.EXTRAS }} --level=${{ matrix.requirements-level }} setup.py > .${{ matrix.requirements-level }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-requirements.txt
-
-      - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pip
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('.${{ matrix.requirements-level }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-requirements.txt') }}
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install -r .${{matrix.requirements-level}}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-requirements.txt
-          pip install .[${{ matrix.EXTRAS }}]
+          pip install .[$EXTRAS]
           pip freeze
           docker --version
           docker-compose --version
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 013d9eec..2114789a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ install_requires =
 
 [options.extras_require]
 tests =
-    pytest-black>=0.3.0
+    pytest-black-ng>=0.4.0
     pytest-invenio>=2.1.0,<3.0.0
     pytest-mock>=1.6.0
     sphinx>=4.5.0