diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index dae7e8150..6b527387b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5
         with:
           go-version: stable
+      - name: Configure Postgres for faster tests
+        if: matrix.db == 'postgres'
+        run: |
+          # Connect to Postgres and disable fsync, full_page_writes, and synchronous_commit for faster tests
+          PGPASSWORD=vikunjatest psql -h localhost -U postgres -d vikunjatest -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET fsync = off;"
+          PGPASSWORD=vikunjatest psql -h localhost -U postgres -d vikunjatest -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET full_page_writes = off;"
+          PGPASSWORD=vikunjatest psql -h localhost -U postgres -d vikunjatest -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET synchronous_commit = off;"
+          # Reload the configuration
+          PGPASSWORD=vikunjatest psql -h localhost -U postgres -d vikunjatest -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"
       - name: test
         env:
           VIKUNJA_TESTS_USE_CONFIG: ${{ matrix.db != 'sqlite-in-memory' && 1 || 0 }}