diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 74bb73e1b..ecd7c0bfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ jobs:
         os: [playwright-x64-ubuntu24-64-core, playwright-x64-server2025-64-core, macos-26-xlarge]
         browser: [chromium, firefox, webkit]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+    - uses: microsoft/playwright/.github/actions/ci-env@main
     - name: Set up JDK 1.8
       uses: actions/setup-java@03ad4de0992f5dab5e18fcb136590ce7c4a0ac95 # v5.6.0
       with:
@@ -34,15 +38,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install browsers
       run: mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI -D exec.args="install --with-deps" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress
     - name: Run tests
-      run: |
-        ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && '. ./scripts/windows-normal-io.ps1' || '' }}
-        ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && 'xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args="-screen 0 1280x960x24"' || '' }} mvn test --no-transfer-progress --fail-at-end ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && '-D junit.parallel.factor=0.25' || '' }} -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss
+      run: $CI_ENV_EXEC mvn test --no-transfer-progress --fail-at-end ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && '-D junit.parallel.factor=0.25' || '' }} -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss
       env:
         BROWSER: ${{ matrix.browser }}
     - name: Run tracing tests w/ sources
-      run: |
-        ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && '. ./scripts/windows-normal-io.ps1' || '' }}
-        ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && 'xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args="-screen 0 1280x960x24"' || '' }} mvn test --no-transfer-progress --fail-at-end --projects=playwright -D test=*TestTracing* -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss
+      run: $CI_ENV_EXEC mvn test --no-transfer-progress --fail-at-end --projects=playwright -D test=*TestTracing* -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss
       env:
         BROWSER: ${{ matrix.browser }}
         PLAYWRIGHT_JAVA_SRC: src/test/java
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ jobs:
           - os: playwright-x64-server2025-64-core
             browser-channel: msedge
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - uses: microsoft/playwright/.github/actions/ci-env@main
       - name: Install Media Pack
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         shell: powershell
@@ -85,9 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install browsers
         run: mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI -D exec.args="install --with-deps" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress
       - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && '. ./scripts/windows-normal-io.ps1' || '' }}
-          ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && 'xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args="-screen 0 1280x960x24"' || '' }} mvn test --no-transfer-progress --fail-at-end ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && '-D junit.parallel.factor=0.25' || '' }} -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss
+        run: $CI_ENV_EXEC mvn test --no-transfer-progress --fail-at-end ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && '-D junit.parallel.factor=0.25' || '' }} -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -D org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss
         env:
           BROWSER: chromium
           BROWSER_CHANNEL: ${{ matrix.browser-channel }}
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: playwright-x64-ubuntu24-64-core
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - uses: microsoft/playwright/.github/actions/ci-env@main
       - name: Set up JDK 25
         uses: actions/setup-java@03ad4de0992f5dab5e18fcb136590ce7c4a0ac95 # v5.6.0
         with:
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install browsers
         run: mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI -D exec.args="install --with-deps" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress
       - name: Run tests
-        run: xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args="-screen 0 1280x960x24" mvn test --no-transfer-progress --fail-at-end
+        run: $CI_ENV_EXEC mvn test --no-transfer-progress --fail-at-end
         env:
           BROWSER: ${{ matrix.browser }}
       - name: Test Spring Boot Starter
diff --git a/scripts/windows-normal-io.ps1 b/scripts/windows-normal-io.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index f1308b638..000000000
--- a/scripts/windows-normal-io.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# Dot-source at the start of a Windows test step: the self-hosted runner starts steps at
-# I/O priority Low, which the driver and the browsers inherit, and Firefox storage flushes
-# then stall until tests time out. See https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/43704.
-
-$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
-
-Add-Type -TypeDefinition @'
-using System;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-
-public static class TestProcessIOPriority {
-    [DllImport("ntdll.dll")]
-    public static extern int NtSetInformationProcess(
-        IntPtr process, int informationClass, ref int information, int size);
-
-    [DllImport("ntdll.dll")]
-    public static extern int NtQueryInformationProcess(
-        IntPtr process, int informationClass, out int information, int size, out int length);
-}
-'@
-
-$priority = 0
-$length = 0
-$status = [TestProcessIOPriority]::NtQueryInformationProcess(
-    [IntPtr](-1), 33, [ref]$priority, 4, [ref]$length)
-if ($status -ne 0) {
-    throw ('Reading I/O priority failed: NTSTATUS 0x{0:X8}' -f $status)
-}
-$inheritedPriority = $priority
-$priority = 2
-$status = [TestProcessIOPriority]::NtSetInformationProcess(
-    [IntPtr](-1), 33, [ref]$priority, 4)
-if ($status -ne 0) {
-    throw ('Setting normal I/O priority failed: NTSTATUS 0x{0:X8}' -f $status)
-}
-$status = [TestProcessIOPriority]::NtQueryInformationProcess(
-    [IntPtr](-1), 33, [ref]$priority, 4, [ref]$length)
-if ($status -ne 0) {
-    throw ('Reading I/O priority failed: NTSTATUS 0x{0:X8}' -f $status)
-}
-if ($priority -ne 2) {
-    throw "Expected normal I/O priority (2), got $priority"
-}
-Write-Host "Test launcher I/O priority: $inheritedPriority -> $priority (Normal)"