diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 6cb71a5fe..a3b21048f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ jobs:
           SPRING_AI_OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
           ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
           ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
-          OLLAMA_TESTS_ENABLED: "false"
+          OLLAMA_AUTOCONF_TESTS_ENABLED: "true"
         run: |
           mvn -s settings.xml -Pintegration-tests -Pjavadoc -Dfailsafe.rerunFailingTestsCount=3 \
-          -DOLLAMA_TESTS_ENABLED=false --batch-mode --update-snapshots deploy
+          --batch-mode --update-snapshots deploy
 
       - name: Generate Java docs
         run: mvn javadoc:aggregate
@@ -78,33 +78,28 @@ jobs:
   
 
   # The docker-compose and testcontainers modules will be compiled and run in a parallel job
-#  container-tests:
-#    name: Container integration tests
-#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-#    steps:
-#      - name: Checkout source code
-#        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-#
-#      - name: Set up JDK 17
-#        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-#        with:
-#          java-version: '17'
-#          distribution: 'temurin'
-#          cache: 'maven'
-#
-#      - name: Configure Testcontainers
-#        run: |
-#          echo "testcontainers.reuse.enable=true" > $HOME/.testcontainers.properties
-#
-#      - name: Run Container Integration Tests
-#        env:
-#          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
-#          SPRING_AI_OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
-#          ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
-#          ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
-#        run: |
-#          mvn -s settings.xml -Pintegration-tests verify \
-#          -Dskip.docker-compose=false \
-#          -Dskip.testcontainers=false \
-#          -pl spring-ai-spring-boot-docker-compose,spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers \
-#          -am --batch-mode
\ No newline at end of file
+  container-tests:
+    name: docker-compose and testcontainers modules
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: 'maven'
+
+      - name: Configure Testcontainers
+        run: |
+          echo "testcontainers.reuse.enable=true" > $HOME/.testcontainers.properties
+
+      - name: Run Container Integration Tests
+        run: |
+          mvn -s settings.xml -Pintegration-tests verify \
+          -Dskip.docker-compose=false \
+          -Dskip.testcontainers=false \
+          -pl spring-ai-spring-boot-docker-compose,spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers \
+          -am --batch-mode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/models/spring-ai-ollama/pom.xml b/models/spring-ai-ollama/pom.xml
index 9f8e340dd..a0c1b394e 100644
--- a/models/spring-ai-ollama/pom.xml
+++ b/models/spring-ai-ollama/pom.xml
@@ -98,4 +98,25 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-failsafe-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<skipITs>${skip.model.ollama}</skipITs>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>integration-test</goal>
+							<goal>verify</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/BaseOllamaIT.java b/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/BaseOllamaIT.java
index c84b49715..419811f30 100644
--- a/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/BaseOllamaIT.java
+++ b/models/spring-ai-ollama/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/ollama/BaseOllamaIT.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import org.springframework.ai.ollama.management.PullModelStrategy;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 @Testcontainers
-@EnabledIfEnvironmentVariable(named = "OLLAMA_TESTS_ENABLED", matches = "true")
 public abstract class BaseOllamaIT {
 
 	private static final String OLLAMA_LOCAL_URL = "http://localhost:11434";
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d76d0f4ed..1c19b99f3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 		<puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>9.3</puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>
 		<disable.checks>true</disable.checks>
 
-		<!-- Individual vector store skip flags with smoke tests enabled by default -->
+		<!-- Individual vector store IT skip flags with smoke tests enabled by default -->
 		<skip.vectorstore.azure-cosmos-db>true</skip.vectorstore.azure-cosmos-db>
 		<skip.vectorstore.azure>true</skip.vectorstore.azure>
 		<skip.vectorstore.cassandra>true</skip.vectorstore.cassandra>
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@
 		<!-- Container module ITs - skipped by default -->
 		<skip.docker-compose>true</skip.docker-compose>
 		<skip.testcontainers>true</skip.testcontainers>
+
+		<!-- Ollama Model IT tests - skipped by default -->
+		<skip.model.ollama>true</skip.model.ollama>
+
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/ollama/BaseOllamaIT.java b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/ollama/BaseOllamaIT.java
index b4dbc0ee9..168b3b4df 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/ollama/BaseOllamaIT.java
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/ollama/BaseOllamaIT.java
@@ -30,9 +30,13 @@ import org.springframework.ai.ollama.management.PullModelStrategy;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 @Testcontainers
-@EnabledIfEnvironmentVariable(named = "OLLAMA_TESTS_ENABLED", matches = "true")
+@EnabledIfEnvironmentVariable(named = "OLLAMA_AUTOCONF_TESTS_ENABLED", matches = "true")
 public abstract class BaseOllamaIT {
 
+	static {
+		System.out.println("OLLAMA_AUTOCONF_TESTS_ENABLED=" + System.getenv("OLLAMA_AUTOCONF_TESTS_ENABLED"));
+		System.out.println("System property=" + System.getProperty("OLLAMA_AUTOCONF_TESTS_ENABLED"));
+	}
 	private static final String OLLAMA_LOCAL_URL = "http://localhost:11434";
 
 	private static final Duration DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = Duration.ofMinutes(10);
diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/openai/OpenAiAutoConfigurationIT.java b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/openai/OpenAiAutoConfigurationIT.java
index 821a6be49..184848e30 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/openai/OpenAiAutoConfigurationIT.java
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/openai/OpenAiAutoConfigurationIT.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class OpenAiAutoConfigurationIT {
 				.isTrue();
 			assertThat(response.length).isNotEqualTo(0);
 
-			logger.info("Response: " + Arrays.toString(response));
+			logger.debug("Response: " + Arrays.toString(response));
 		});
 	}