diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 8c8500260c52..e9adf28b9998 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -1023,6 +1023,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      # Use custom DOCKER_CONFIG directory to avoid conflicts with default settings
+      # The default value is ~/.docker
+      - name: Set custom docker config directory
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .docker-custom
+          echo DOCKER_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.docker-custom >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
+
       # `neondatabase/neon` contains multiple binaries, all of them use the same input for the version into the same version formatting library.
       # Pick pageserver as currently the only binary with extra "version" features printed in the string to verify.
       # Regular pageserver version string looks like
@@ -1057,6 +1069,11 @@ jobs:
           docker compose -f ./docker-compose/docker-compose.yml logs || 0
           docker compose -f ./docker-compose/docker-compose.yml down
 
+      - name: Remove custom docker config directory
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          rm -rf .docker-custom
+
   promote-images:
     needs: [ check-permissions, tag, test-images, vm-compute-node-image ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04