diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-ci.yml
index 9cdb3ef4f..cf2d1ea23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-ci.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        php: ["8.3", "8.4"]
+        php: ["8.3"]
         db_engine: ["postgres", "mysql", "mariadb"]
 
     env:
@@ -39,11 +39,18 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
-          # Amazon Linux 2 ships with an older Docker via amazon-linux-extras
-          # Install latest Docker CE from the official Docker repo for CentOS/RHEL
+          # Remove old docker packages first to avoid conflicts
+          sudo yum remove -y docker \
+            docker-client \
+            docker-client-latest \
+            docker-common \
+            docker-latest \
+            docker-latest-logrotate \
+            docker-logrotate \
+            docker-engine || true
           sudo yum install -y yum-utils
           sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
-          sudo yum install -y --allowerasing docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
+          sudo yum install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
           sudo systemctl start docker || true
           docker --version