diff --git a/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
index cdab6ed300..61b738ff55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,19 @@ jobs:
           REDIS_PASSWORD: testpassword
         ports:
           - 6379:6379
+      rabbitmq:
+        image: rabbitmq:3.12-management
+        ports:
+          - 5672:5672
+          - 15672:15672
+        env:
+          # We know these are here, don't report this as a security vulnerability
+          # This is used as the default credential for the entire system's RabbitMQ instance
+          # If you want to replace this, you can do so by making our entire system generate
+          # new credentials for each local user and update the environment variables in
+          # the backend service, docker composes, and examples
+          RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER: "rabbitmq_user_default"
+          RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS: "k0VMxyIJF9S35f3x2uaw5IWAl6Y536O7"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -129,9 +142,9 @@ jobs:
           SUPABASE_URL: ${{ steps.supabase.outputs.API_URL }}
           SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY: ${{ steps.supabase.outputs.SERVICE_ROLE_KEY }}
           SUPABASE_JWT_SECRET: ${{ steps.supabase.outputs.JWT_SECRET }}
-          REDIS_HOST: 'localhost'
-          REDIS_PORT: '6379'
-          REDIS_PASSWORD: 'testpassword'
+          REDIS_HOST: "localhost"
+          REDIS_PORT: "6379"
+          REDIS_PASSWORD: "testpassword"
 
     env:
       CI: true