diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 714aaf7..3f2e0d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,20 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      DATABASE_URL: postgres://localhost:5432/sharding-test
     steps:
-      - name: Set up Go 1.13
+      - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v1
         with:
-          go-version: 1.13
+          go-version: 1.17
         id: go
 
+      - uses: ankane/setup-postgres@v1
+        with:
+          postgres-version: ${{ matrix.postgres }}
+      - run: createdb sharding-test
+
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v1