diff --git a/.github/workflows/sapporo.yml b/.github/workflows/sapporo.yml
index 031d09ff52..acdd3a22a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sapporo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sapporo.yml
@@ -38,19 +38,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up PNPM
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
         with:
-          version: 7
-      - name: Use Node.js 19
+          version: 9
+      - name: Use Node.js 20
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 19
+          node-version: 20
           cache: "pnpm"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install
-      - name: Install Sapporo dependencies
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          distribution: adopt
-          java-version: 16
       - name: Download Sapporo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -67,8 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           run: |
             IRIDA_NEXT_PATH=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/tmp MYUID="$(id -u)" MYGID="$(id -g)" docker compose -f compose.irida-next.yml exec app bash -c "sapporo"
-          wait-on:
-            http://localhost:1122/service-info
+          wait-on: http-get://localhost:1122/service-info
           wait-for: 2m
           working-directory: sapporo
       - name: Update permissions