diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index e5e0f18..233d137 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
-name: Run tests
+name: Run parallel tests
 
-on: ["push", "pull_request"]
+on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
-
   test:
-
+    name: Tests / Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install hatch
-
-    - name: Run tests
-      run: |
-        hatch run ci
-
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install podman
+          podman --version
+          systemctl --user enable podman
+          systemctl --user start podman
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install hatch
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          hatch run ci
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b6c6e9b..ea05e55 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ PG containers. You will need to do up to two extra things:
     can set the DBTESTTOOLS_PG_IP_ADDR environment variable.
 
 
+If you want to use Podman instead of Docker engine you will need to follow
+these steps:
+
+    1. Enable and start podman on your host
+    ```bash
+    systemctl --user enable podman
+    systemctl --user start podman
+    ```
+    2. `export DBTESTTOOLS_USE_PODMAN=1` variable.
+
 This code has been in use daily on a large project at Cisco for a few years
 now, and is very stable.
 
diff --git a/dbtesttools/engines/postgres.py b/dbtesttools/engines/postgres.py
index 44614f2..f3e54a5 100644
--- a/dbtesttools/engines/postgres.py
+++ b/dbtesttools/engines/postgres.py
@@ -90,6 +90,26 @@ def has_savepoint(self):
     def setUp(self):
         """Do all the work to bring up a working Postgres fixture."""
         super().setUp()
+        # Podman integration: optionally override Docker socket
+        if os.getenv("DBTESTTOOLS_USE_PODMAN") == "1":
+            if sys.platform == "darwin":
+                # MacOS Podman socket
+                podman_socket = (
+                    f"unix://{os.getenv('HOME')}"
+                    f"/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/podman.sock"
+                )
+            else:
+                # Linux Podman socket
+                podman_socket = (
+                    f"unix:///run/user/{os.getuid()}/podman/podman.sock"
+                )
+            if os.path.exists(podman_socket.replace("unix://", "")):
+                os.environ["DOCKER_HOST"] = podman_socket
+            else:
+                raise FileNotFoundError(
+                    f"Podman socket not found at {podman_socket}"
+                )
+
         self.client = docker.from_env()
         self.pull_image()
         self.find_free_port()
@@ -156,7 +176,7 @@ def set_up_test_database(self):
         cur.close()
         c.close()
 
-    @retry(psycopg2.OperationalError, tries=30, delay=1)
+    @retry(psycopg2.OperationalError, tries=60, delay=1)
     def wait_for_pg_start(self):
         c = psycopg2.connect(
             "user='postgres' host='{ip}' port='{port}'"
diff --git a/dbtesttools/tests/test_pgfixture.py b/dbtesttools/tests/test_pgfixture.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c1b1b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbtesttools/tests/test_pgfixture.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import os
+import unittest
+import warnings
+
+import testscenarios
+import testtools
+from sqlalchemy import text
+
+from dbtesttools.engines.postgres import PostgresContainerFixture
+
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=UserWarning, module="urllib3")
+
+
+class TestPostgresContainer(
+    testscenarios.TestWithScenarios, testtools.TestCase
+):
+    """Test that we can bring up a Postgres container."""
+
+    scenarios = [
+        ("docker", {"podman": False}),
+        ("podman", {"podman": True}),
+    ]
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.pg_fixture = None
+        super().setUp()
+        if self.podman:
+            os.environ["DBTESTTOOLS_USE_PODMAN"] = "1"
+        else:
+            os.environ.pop("DBTESTTOOLS_USE_PODMAN", None)
+        try:
+            fixture = PostgresContainerFixture(future=True)
+            fixture.setUp()
+            self.pg_fixture = fixture
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f'[ERROR] Failed to start Postgres fixture: {e}')
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if self.pg_fixture is not None:
+            if hasattr(self.pg_fixture, "engine"):
+                try:
+                    self.pg_fixture.engine.dispose()
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"Warning: failed to dispose engine: {e}")
+            if hasattr(self.pg_fixture, "container"):
+                try:
+                    self.pg_fixture.container.kill()
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"Warning: failed to kill container: {e}")
+        super().tearDown()
+
+    def test_connection(self):
+        if self.pg_fixture is None:
+            self.fail("Postgres fixture was not initialized")
+        # Actually test that the database is reachable
+        conn = self.pg_fixture.connect()
+        try:
+            result = conn.execute(text("SELECT 1;"))
+            value = result.scalar()
+            self.assertEqual(value, 1)
+        finally:
+            conn.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()