diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-api-smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-api-smoke.yml
index 7186a16..49d13ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-api-smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-api-smoke.yml
@@ -17,21 +17,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Core API E2E Smoke
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-    services:
-      postgres:
-        image: postgres:16
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_DB: nexapg
-          POSTGRES_USER: nexapg
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: nexapg
-        ports:
-          - 5432:5432
-        options: >-
-          --health-cmd "pg_isready -U nexapg -d nexapg"
-          --health-interval 5s
-          --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 20
-
     env:
       APP_NAME: NexaPG Monitor
       ENVIRONMENT: test
@@ -62,6 +47,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
 
+      - name: Start PostgreSQL container
+        run: |
+          docker rm -f nexapg-e2e-pg >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+          docker run -d \
+            --name nexapg-e2e-pg \
+            -e POSTGRES_DB=nexapg \
+            -e POSTGRES_USER=nexapg \
+            -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=nexapg \
+            -p 5432:5432 \
+            postgres:16
+
       - name: Install backend dependencies + test tooling
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -94,6 +90,12 @@ jobs:
           asyncio.run(wait_for_db())
           PY
 
+      - name: Show PostgreSQL container status
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          docker ps -a --filter "name=nexapg-e2e-pg"
+          docker logs --tail=80 nexapg-e2e-pg || true
+
       - name: Run Alembic migrations
         working-directory: backend
         run: alembic upgrade head
@@ -102,3 +104,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PYTHONPATH: backend
         run: pytest -q backend/tests/e2e/test_api_smoke.py
+
+      - name: Cleanup PostgreSQL container
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: docker rm -f nexapg-e2e-pg >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
diff --git a/backend/app/core/config.py b/backend/app/core/config.py
index 9fea94a..1e02675 100644
--- a/backend/app/core/config.py
+++ b/backend/app/core/config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 from pydantic import field_validator
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
-NEXAPG_VERSION = "0.2.4"
+NEXAPG_VERSION = "0.2.5"
 
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):