diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c33cc976442..a78fee85d3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1187,8 +1187,7 @@
                 <!-- servers -->
                 <module>samples/server/petstore/python-aiohttp</module>
                 <module>samples/server/petstore/python-aiohttp-srclayout</module>
-                <!-- comment out due to errors in the ci
-                <module>samples/server/petstore/python-fastapi</module>-->
+                <module>samples/server/petstore/python-fastapi</module>
                 <module>samples/server/petstore/python-flask</module>
                 <!-- TODO: will move these to Github action
                 <module>samples/server/petstore/php-slim4</module>
diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/python-fastapi/pom.xml b/samples/server/petstore/python-fastapi/pom.xml
index 13e3a7288c4..cec32c1dc9a 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/python-fastapi/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/python-fastapi/pom.xml
@@ -22,19 +22,16 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.1</version>
+                <groupId>com.spotify</groupId>
+                <artifactId>dockerfile-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.4.13</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>test</id>
                         <phase>integration-test</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>exec</goal>
+                            <goal>build</goal>
                         </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <executable>./test_python3.sh</executable>
-                        </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/python-fastapi/test_python3.sh b/samples/server/petstore/python-fastapi/test_python3.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 77f1eb71b93..00000000000
--- a/samples/server/petstore/python-fastapi/test_python3.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-REQUIREMENTS_FILE=requirements.txt
-REQUIREMENTS_OUT=requirements.txt.log
-SETUP_OUT=*.egg-info
-VENV=.venv
-DEACTIVE=false
-
-export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
-export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-
-### set virtualenv
-if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
-		virtualenv $VENV --no-site-packages --always-copy --python python3
-		source $VENV/bin/activate
-    DEACTIVE=true
-fi
-
-### install dependencies
-pip install -r $REQUIREMENTS_FILE | tee -a $REQUIREMENTS_OUT
-
-### run tests
-PYTHONPATH=src pytest tests
-
-### static analysis of code
-#flake8 --show-source src/
-
-### deactivate virtualenv
-if [ $DEACTIVE == true ]; then
-    deactivate
-fi