diff --git a/.ci/docker/Makefile b/.ci/docker/Makefile
index ffb8a370c4c..d9ed9f05bed 100644
--- a/.ci/docker/Makefile
+++ b/.ci/docker/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ convert-tests-results: ## convert TAP test results to JUnit
 					sh -c 'npm install tap-xunit -g && cat target/results.tap | tap-xunit --package="co.elastic.pipeline.$${APP}" > target/junit-$${APP}-results.xml'
 
 test-golang-mage: prepare-test ## Run the tests for the specific app
-	cp ../../go.mod golang-mage
+	cp -f ../../go.* golang-mage
+	mkdir -p golang-mage/approvaltest && cp -f ../../approvaltest/go.* golang-mage/approvaltest
+	mkdir -p golang-mage/systemtest && cp -f ../../systemtest/go.* golang-mage/systemtest
 	@DOCKERFILE=golang-mage bats-core/bin/bats --tap tests | tee target/results.tap
 	@$(MAKE) -s convert-tests-results
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a19f2045310..13d56edf4cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /.ci/docker/bats-core
 /.ci/docker/tests/test_helper
 /.ci/docker/target
+/.ci/docker/golang-mage/go.*
+/.ci/docker/golang-mage/approvaltest/
+/.ci/docker/golang-mage/systemtest/
 **/*.idea
 /build
 /data