diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 953cfaf70..e6585c8ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build with Maven
         id: build_with_maven
         run: |
-          mvn verify --batch-mode -P integration-test --file pom.xml
+          mvn clean verify --batch-mode -P integration-test --file pom.xml
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: build_artifact
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/omod/target
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/omod/target/*.omod
       - name: Send data to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-refqa.yml b/docker/docker-compose-refqa.yml
index ee7b82e54..7b5635511 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-refqa.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-refqa.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '2.1'
 
 services:
   openmrs-referenceapplication-mysql:
-    image: mysql:5.6
+    image: mysql:8
     command: "mysqld --character-set-server=utf8 --collation-server=utf8_general_ci"
     environment:
       - MYSQL_DATABASE=openmrs