diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b2a7d2d451b4fa55de2c5d76e2d780e5592c284b..179095eb68aaf28e08ec33b6bd450edea72c982b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,17 +9,12 @@ variables:
 
 docker_build_and_release_tests:
   stage: docker_build
-  image: docker:latest
-  tags: [docker-in-docker]
-  services:
-    - docker:dind
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
+  image: quay.io/podman/stable
   script:
-    - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
-    - cd test && docker build --build-arg ci_token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN --pull -t $IMAGE_TAG .
-    - docker tag $IMAGE_TAG $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:integration-test
-    - docker push $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:integration-test
+    - echo -n "$CI_JOB_TOKEN" | podman login -u gitlab-ci-token --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY
+    - cd test && podman build --build-arg ci_token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN --pull -t $IMAGE_TAG .
+    - podman tag $IMAGE_TAG $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:integration-test
+    - podman push $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:integration-test
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != "master"'
       when: never