diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed8f632caa60f739d7fe922ab0febd6fb8f01d0f..237902f7806713f16bc2a3d89c073bf6e3a3e20f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ test-query-service: clean build-metadata-db build-query-service
 	mvn -f ./dbrepo-query-service/pom.xml clean test verify
 
 test-table-service: clean build-metadata-db build-table-service
+	docker pull mysql:8.0
 	mvn -f ./dbrepo-table-service/pom.xml clean test verify
 
 test-metadata-service: clean build-metadata-db build-metadata-service