diff --git a/.github/workflows/cli-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/cli-coverage.yml
index 8914316..217e7e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cli-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cli-coverage.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,23 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   cli-coverage-report:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ "3.8", "3.12" ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest ] # can't use macOS when using service containers or container jobs
+        r: [ release ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: docker
+          POSTGRES_DB: pep-db
+          POSTGRES_HOST: localhost
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2