diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-docker-environment.yml b/.github/workflows/local-docker-environment.yml
index 9e9b1259ea60d..bf275abd72205 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/local-docker-environment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/local-docker-environment.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-24.04 ]
-        memcached: [ false ]
+        memcached: [ false, true ]
         php: ${{ fromJSON( needs.build-test-matrix.outputs.php-versions ) }}
         db-version: ${{ fromJSON( needs.build-test-matrix.outputs.mysql-versions ) }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/performance.yml b/.github/workflows/performance.yml
index 2db92975d7b28..43970724574ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/performance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/performance.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        memcached: [ false ]
+        memcached: [ false, true ]
         multisite: [ true, false ]
         subject: ${{ fromJson( needs.determine-matrix.outputs.subjects ) }}
     with:
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        memcached: [ false ]
+        memcached: [ false, true ]
         multisite: [ true, false ]
         # A matrix value is needed in the 'name' directive for proper grouping in the GitHub UI.
         label: [ Compare ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
index 420506d42265c..e4910d1d30f02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ jobs:
       memcached: ${{ matrix.memcached }}
       phpunit-config: ${{ matrix.multisite && 'tests/phpunit/multisite.xml' || 'phpunit.xml.dist' }}
       tests-domain: ${{ matrix.tests-domain }}
+      phpunit-test-groups: 'media'
       report: ${{ matrix.report || false }}
 
   #
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ jobs:
       multisite: ${{ matrix.multisite }}
       memcached: ${{ matrix.memcached }}
       phpunit-config: ${{ matrix.multisite && 'tests/phpunit/multisite.xml' || 'phpunit.xml.dist' }}
+      phpunit-test-groups: 'media'
       report: ${{ false }}
 
   #
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ jobs:
       multisite: ${{ matrix.multisite }}
       memcached: ${{ matrix.memcached }}
       phpunit-config: ${{ matrix.multisite && 'tests/phpunit/multisite.xml' || 'phpunit.xml.dist' }}
+      phpunit-test-groups: 'media'
       report: ${{ false }}
 
   #
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 863cbd2ea9b1b..eb8bae8b83d62 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ services:
 
     volumes:
       - ./:/var/www
+      - ./tools/local-env/mysql-client.cnf:/etc/mysql/conf.d/no-ssl.cnf:ro
 
     # Keeps the service alive.
     command: 'sleep infinity'
diff --git a/src/xmlrpc.php b/src/xmlrpc.php
index ae73f687a2daa..4ff46aaed7b41 100644
--- a/src/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/src/xmlrpc.php
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 
 exit;
 
+
 /**
  * logIO() - Writes logging info to a file.
  *
diff --git a/tools/local-env/mysql-client.cnf b/tools/local-env/mysql-client.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f5e5c84d116e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/local-env/mysql-client.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[client]
+ssl=0
diff --git a/tools/local-env/php-8.3-docker-compose.override.yml b/tools/local-env/php-8.3-docker-compose.override.yml
index c9e2a647b4b8d..e75021b040570 100644
--- a/tools/local-env/php-8.3-docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/tools/local-env/php-8.3-docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 services:
 
   php:
-    image: wordpressdevelop/php@sha256:c0ba85936a9d1ac2c98bf3da2d62ceb0e5787a6b11e383630df0c5a5bf2534b5
+    image: ghcr.io/wordpress/wpdev-docker-images/php:8.3-fpm-186
 
   cli:
-    image: wordpressdevelop/cli@sha256:85ad7d7a9c3bd9a8775fc83aea7f7dfc0aad25b2bc4f7d740696b28cd2a0ef89
+    image: ghcr.io/wordpress/wpdev-docker-images/cli:8.3-fpm-186
 
   memcached:
     # Pinning to the latest `bookworm` image is a temporary solution
diff --git a/tools/local-env/php-8.4-docker-compose.override.yml b/tools/local-env/php-8.4-docker-compose.override.yml
index 12f07e788c2b8..fd0df7ebb81b2 100644
--- a/tools/local-env/php-8.4-docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/tools/local-env/php-8.4-docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 services:
 
   php:
-    image: wordpressdevelop/php@sha256:56d6cbf10d25bfcb80852c09c2fc2e967922881b233b6161ad2999df509eb59a
+    image: ghcr.io/wordpress/wpdev-docker-images/php:8.4-fpm-186
 
   cli:
-    image: wordpressdevelop/cli@sha256:379f27b0c623c5cee5a7fbef1d617ce47fd3ba19158bac2e51861876fd68fdbf
+    image: ghcr.io/wordpress/wpdev-docker-images/cli:8.4-fpm-186
 
   memcached:
     # Pinning to the latest `bookworm` image is a temporary solution
diff --git a/tools/local-env/scripts/install.js b/tools/local-env/scripts/install.js
index 3ea702d021e24..44b9d1596a7ee 100644
--- a/tools/local-env/scripts/install.js
+++ b/tools/local-env/scripts/install.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ wait_on( {
 		process.exit( 1 );
 	} )
 	.then( () => {
-		wp_cli( 'db reset --yes' );
+		wp_cli( 'db reset --yes --defaults' );
 		const installCommand = process.env.LOCAL_MULTISITE === 'true'  ? 'multisite-install' : 'install';
 		wp_cli( `core ${ installCommand } --title="WordPress Develop" --admin_user=admin --admin_password=password --admin_email=test@example.com --skip-email --url=http://localhost:${process.env.LOCAL_PORT}` );
 	} )