diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.sh b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2125d5f3089..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License..
-
-# Fail on any error
-set -e
-
-# Display commands being run
-set -x
-
-export SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST=localhost:9010
-export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=emulator-test-project
-echo "Running the Cloud Spanner emulator: $SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST";
-
-# Download the emulator
-EMULATOR_VERSION=0.8.0
-wget https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-spanner-emulator/releases/${EMULATOR_VERSION}/cloud-spanner-emulator_linux_amd64-${EMULATOR_VERSION}.tar.gz
-tar zxvf cloud-spanner-emulator_linux_amd64-${EMULATOR_VERSION}.tar.gz
-chmod u+x emulator_main
-
-# Start the emulator
-./emulator_main --host_port $SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST &
-
-EMULATOR_PID=$!
-
-# Stop the emulator & clean the environment variable
-trap "kill -15 $EMULATOR_PID; unset SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST; unset GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT; echo \"Cleanup the emulator\";" EXIT
-
-mvn -B -Dspanner.testenv.instance="" \
-  -Penable-integration-tests \
-  -DtrimStackTrace=false \
-  -Dclirr.skip=true \
-  -Denforcer.skip=true \
-  -fae \
-  verify
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.yaml
index ac27f8e17ea..adb38152d12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ name: integration-tests-against-emulator
 jobs:
   units:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    services:
+      emulator:
+        image: gcr.io/cloud-spanner-emulator/emulator:latest
+        ports:
+          - 9010:9010
+          - 9020:9020
+
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
@@ -14,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
         java-version: 8
     - run: java -version
     - run: .kokoro/build.sh
-    - run: sh .github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.sh
+    - run: mvn -B -Dspanner.testenv.instance="" -Penable-integration-tests -DtrimStackTrace=false -Dclirr.skip=true -Denforcer.skip=true -fae verify
       env:
         JOB_TYPE: test
+        SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST: localhost:9010
+        GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT: emulator-test-project