diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml b/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml
index 2f12c1c..d734959 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: "latest" # or pin to an specific version, e.g. "0.8.1"
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: https://github.com/docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      - name: Podman
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y podman
       - name: Docker login # to avoid dockerhub rate-limiting
         run: docker login --username "${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}" --password "${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}"
       - name: Log into ghcr.io
@@ -32,9 +34,8 @@ jobs:
         run: earthly --version
       - name: use sattelite Alpha
         run: |
-          earthly config 'global.container_frontend' 'docker-shell'
+          earthly config 'global.container_frontend' 'podman-shell'
           earthly org select me-2625
           earthly sat select alpha
-          docker info
       - name: run the earthly hello world
         run: earthly github.com/earthly/hello-world:main+hello
\ No newline at end of file