diff --git a/tests/ci_description.ini b/tests/ci_description.ini
index 65396a54f..8be061499 100644
--- a/tests/ci_description.ini
+++ b/tests/ci_description.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+[infra]
+; lowest phpversion supported is 7.1 but PHPUnit isn't compatible with it :/ 
+php_version=7.2-apache
+; N°6629 perf bug on some tests on mariadb for now, so specifying MySQL
+db_version=5.7
+
 [itop]
 itop_setup=tests/setup_params/default-params.xml
 itop_backup=tests/backups/backup-itop.tar.gz