diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index 74c0d4fd012..edb5804ad0a 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -898,6 +898,16 @@ def wopiValidatorTests(ctx, storage, accounts_hash_difficulty = 4):
                              "sh %s/tests/config/drone/serve-hosting-discovery.sh" % (dirs["base"]),
                          ],
                      },
+                     {
+                         "name": "wait-for-fakeoffice",
+                         "image": OC_CI_ALPINE,
+                         "commands": [
+                             "curl -k --fail --retry-connrefused --retry 9 --retry-all-errors 'http://fakeoffice:8080'",
+                         ],
+                     },
+                 ] +
+                 ocisServer(storage, accounts_hash_difficulty, [], [], "wopi_validator") +
+                 [
                      {
                          "name": "wopiserver",
                          "image": "cs3org/wopiserver:v10.0.1",
@@ -916,7 +926,6 @@ def wopiValidatorTests(ctx, storage, accounts_hash_difficulty = 4):
                          ],
                      },
                  ] +
-                 ocisServer(storage, accounts_hash_difficulty, [], [], "wopi_validator") +
                  [
                      {
                          "name": "prepare-test-file-%s" % (storage),