diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_hub.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_hub.yaml
index f9e88c5eb..f2ec6946b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_hub.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_hub.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
 
+    - name: "Force machineid"
+      run: |
+          sudo chmod +w /etc/machine-id
+          echo githubciXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | sudo tee /etc/machine-id
+
     - name: "Set up Go 1.17"
       uses: actions/setup-go@v1
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mariadb.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mariadb.yaml
index 4a647440f..c48c73f74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mariadb.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mariadb.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ jobs:
           - 3306:3306
     steps:
 
+    - name: "Force machineid"
+      run: |
+          sudo chmod +w /etc/machine-id
+          echo githubciXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | sudo tee /etc/machine-id
+
     - name: "Set up Go 1.17"
       uses: actions/setup-go@v1
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mysql.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mysql.yaml
index 2404c74cc..9739ee9ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mysql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mysql.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ jobs:
           - 3306:3306
     steps:
 
+    - name: "Force machineid"
+      run: |
+          sudo chmod +w /etc/machine-id
+          echo githubciXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | sudo tee /etc/machine-id
+
     - name: "Set up Go 1.17"
       uses: actions/setup-go@v1
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_postgres.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_postgres.yaml
index 47e5b949c..fad85e7f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_postgres.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_postgres.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ jobs:
           --health-retries 5
     steps:
 
+    - name: "Force machineid"
+      run: |
+          sudo chmod +w /etc/machine-id
+          echo githubciXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | sudo tee /etc/machine-id
+
     - name: "Set up Go 1.17"
       uses: actions/setup-go@v1
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_sqlite.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_sqlite.yaml
index 7b845a166..e278a41bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_sqlite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_sqlite.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
 
+    - name: "Force machineid"
+      run: |
+          sudo chmod +w /etc/machine-id
+          echo githubciXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | sudo tee /etc/machine-id
+
     - name: "Set up Go 1.17"
       uses: actions/setup-go@v1
       with: