diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
index 7b57dd8..50bd5ff 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,27 @@ jobs:
         - go-mod-cache:/go/pkg/mod
         - go-build-cache:/root/.cache/go-build
         - gobin-cache:/go/bin
+
+    # The same database ci.yaml's test job gets, for the same reason: `make test` needs a
+    # real Postgres and fails without TERDUT_TEST_DSN rather than skipping. This job is
+    # the gate every publishing job below hangs off, so it has to be able to run the
+    # suite -- v0.11.0 was tagged with the service here missing and published nothing.
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:17-alpine
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: terdut
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: terdut
+          POSTGRES_DB: terdut_test
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "pg_isready -U terdut -d terdut_test"
+          --health-interval 5s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 12
+
+    env:
+      TERDUT_TEST_DSN: postgres://terdut:terdut@postgres:5432/terdut_test?sslmode=disable
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         env: