diff --git a/azure-pipelines.api.yaml b/azure-pipelines.api.yaml
index cd5cc9724..b33d75ad7 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.api.yaml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.api.yaml
@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@ pool:
   vmImage: "ubuntu-latest"
 
 steps:
-  - task: DockerCompose@0
-    displayName: "up test-data db"
-    inputs:
-      dockerComposeFile: "docker-compose.data.tests.yml"
-      dockerComposeCommand: "up -d mariadb"
-
   - task: Docker@2
     displayName: "create volume test-data-results"
     inputs:
       command: volume
       arguments: "create test-data-results"
 
+  - task: DockerCompose@0
+    displayName: "up test-data db"
+    inputs:
+      dockerComposeFile: "docker-compose.data.tests.yml"
+      dockerComposeCommand: "up -d mariadb"
+
   - task: DockerCompose@0
     displayName: "run test-data"
     inputs: