diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 982ca66a2a..761d8e3e87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ jobs:
               run: |
                   .github/setup-ldap.sh
 
+            - name: Setup node
+              if: ${{ matrix.SLOWTESTS != 1 }}
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+              with:
+                  node-version: 16
+            - name: Setup node dependencies
+              if: ${{ matrix.SLOWTESTS != 1 }}
+              run: npm ci
+
             - name: Setup SPHINX
               run: |
                   .github/setup-sphinx.sh
@@ -342,6 +351,13 @@ jobs:
               run: |
                   .github/setup-database.sh $DB $MYISAM
 
+            - name: Setup node
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+              with:
+                  node-version: 16
+            - name: Setup node dependencies
+              run: npm ci
+
             - name: Run unit tests
               env:
                   DB: ${{steps.database-type.outputs.db}}
@@ -447,6 +463,13 @@ jobs:
               run: |
                   .github/setup-database.sh $DB $MYISAM
 
+            - name: Setup node
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+              with:
+                  node-version: 16
+            - name: Setup node dependencies
+              run: npm ci
+
             - name: Run unit tests
               env:
                   DB: ${{steps.database-type.outputs.db}}
@@ -555,6 +578,14 @@ jobs:
                   psql -c 'create database phpbb_tests;' -U postgres
                   Set-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "${env:PGDATA}" # Exclude PGDATA directory from Windows Defender
                   Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
+
+            - name: Setup node
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+              with:
+                  node-version: 16
+            - name: Setup node dependencies
+              run: npm ci
+
             - name: Run unit tests
               if: ${{ matrix.type == 'unit' }}
               run: |
diff --git a/tests/notification/fixtures/webpush_notification.type.post.xml b/tests/notification/fixtures/webpush_notification.type.post.xml
index 7654ed30aa..9d3d72d531 100644
--- a/tests/notification/fixtures/webpush_notification.type.post.xml
+++ b/tests/notification/fixtures/webpush_notification.type.post.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <dataset>
+	<table name="phpbb_banlist">
+	</table>
 	<table name="phpbb_forums_watch">
 		<column>forum_id</column>
 		<column>user_id</column>
diff --git a/tests/notification/notification_method_webpush_test.php b/tests/notification/notification_method_webpush_test.php
index 90e1d14deb..f0e1f1cb50 100644
--- a/tests/notification/notification_method_webpush_test.php
+++ b/tests/notification/notification_method_webpush_test.php
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ class notification_method_webpush_test extends phpbb_tests_notification_base
 
 		$process = new \Symfony\Component\Process\Process(['node_modules/.bin/web-push-testing', '--port', '9012', 'start']);
 		$process->run();
+		if (!$process->isSuccessful())
+		{
+			self::fail('Starting web push testing service failed: ' . $process->getErrorOutput());
+		}
 	}
 
 	protected static function stop_webpush_testing(): void
@@ -384,7 +388,7 @@ class notification_method_webpush_test extends phpbb_tests_notification_base
 		}
 		catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\GuzzleException $exception)
 		{
-			$this->fail('Failed getting subscription from web-push-testing client');
+			$this->fail('Failed getting subscription from web-push-testing client: ' . $exception->getMessage());
 		}
 
 		$subscription_return = \phpbb\json\sanitizer::decode((string) $response->getBody());