diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 63cfe2ce..647e8852 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
           - image: almalinux9-oj17-openldap-active-directory
             platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
             test: openldap-active-directory
+          - image: polaris-catalog
+            test: polaris-catalog
           - image: spark3-iceberg
             platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
             test: spark3-iceberg
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 63a2feb4..5eb4b542 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           testing/hdp3.1-hive-kerberized
           testing/hdp3.1-hive-kerberized-2
           testing/hdp3.1-hive-kerberized-kms
+          testing/polaris-catalog
         )
         multi_arch=(
           testing/almalinux9-oj11
diff --git a/bin/test.sh b/bin/test.sh
index cee3631c..7e75a64e 100755
--- a/bin/test.sh
+++ b/bin/test.sh
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ for ARCH in "${platforms[@]}"; do
 
     if [[ ${ENVIRONMENT} == *"accumulo"* ]]; then
         retry check_health
+    elif [[ ${ENVIRONMENT} == *"polaris"* ]]; then
+        return 0
     elif [[ ${ENVIRONMENT} == "kerberos" ]]; then
         run_kerberos_tests
     elif [[ ${ENVIRONMENT} == *"hive"* ]]; then
diff --git a/etc/compose/polaris-catalog/docker-compose.yml b/etc/compose/polaris-catalog/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33610b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/compose/polaris-catalog/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version: '2.0'
+services:
+  polaris:
+    image: testing/polaris-catalog:latest
diff --git a/testing/polaris-catalog/Dockerfile b/testing/polaris-catalog/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da2bbabc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/polaris-catalog/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# 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.
+
+FROM gradle:8.9-jdk21
+
+RUN git clone https://github.com/polaris-catalog/polaris.git polaris
+
+WORKDIR polaris
+
+RUN gradle --no-daemon --info shadowJar
+
+EXPOSE 8181
+
+CMD ["java", "-jar", "polaris-service/build/libs/polaris-service-1.0.0-all.jar", "server", "polaris-server.yml"]