diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 8a9fd5b72..0913a75ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 env:
-  WEAVIATE_123: 1.23.15
-  WEAVIATE_124: 1.24.19
-  WEAVIATE_125: 1.25.5
+  WEAVIATE_123: 1.23.16
+  WEAVIATE_124: 1.24.21
+  WEAVIATE_125: 1.25.8
 
 jobs:
   lint-and-format:
diff --git a/ci/docker-compose.yml b/ci/docker-compose.yml
index 74746f977..755d519be 100644
--- a/ci/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/ci/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ services:
       AUTOSCHEMA_ENABLED: 'false'
       IMAGE_INFERENCE_API: "http://i2v-neural:8080"
       DISABLE_TELEMETRY: 'true'
+      DISABLE_LAZY_LOAD_SHARDS: 'true'
   contextionary:
     environment:
       OCCURRENCE_WEIGHT_LINEAR_FACTOR: 0.75