diff --git a/cypress/plugins/index.js b/cypress/plugins/index.js
--- a/cypress/plugins/index.js
+++ b/cypress/plugins/index.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 function getDatabase() {
   const db = new sqlite3.Database(`./swh-web-test${buildId}.sqlite3`);
   // to prevent "database is locked" error when running tests
+  db.configure('busyTimeout', 20000);
   db.run('PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;');
   return db;
 }
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+FROM cypress/base:18.12.0
+LABEL maintainer="SoftwareHeritage"
+USER root
+
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install -y \
+  python3-pip \
+  wait-for-it \
+  git \
+  postgresql \
+  postgresql-client \
+  libpq-dev \
+  libcmph-dev
+
+RUN python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade --no-warn-script-location \
+  pip setuptools wheel
+
+USER jenkins
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^11.0.0",
     "css-loader": "^6.7.2",
     "cy2": "^3.2.0",
-    "cypress": "11.0.1",
+    "cypress": "^11.1.0",
     "cypress-hmr-restarter": "^2.0.4",
     "cypress-multi-reporters": "^1.6.1",
     "ejs": "^3.1.8",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3134,10 +3134,10 @@
     debug "^4.1.1"
     lodash "^4.17.15"
 
-cypress@11.0.1:
-  version "11.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-11.0.1.tgz#5332a1825b37ab3f4f81d74389930c55cc7cf31d"
-  integrity sha512-NuEfd0Vim492RJ3m/+bbTZ3OZrqXgfAfuLaZfIQ9D5lKocS3EDr2tyAarZdAhKwLyoh7OJ33jwMeMFIDbzYqog==
+cypress@^11.1.0:
+  version "11.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-11.1.0.tgz#b8f16495a8a5d8f9a7dd3374ae7b2cef45e9c779"
+  integrity sha512-kzizbG9s3p3ahWqxUwG/21NqLWEGtScMevMyUPeYlcmMX9RzVxWM18MkA3B4Cb3jKx72hSyIE2mHgHymfCM1bg==
   dependencies:
     "@cypress/request" "^2.88.10"
     "@cypress/xvfb" "^1.2.4"