diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_rsk/kitchen.yml b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_rsk/kitchen.yml
index 2f1b756..2723336 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_rsk/kitchen.yml
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_rsk/kitchen.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 ---
 driver:
-  name: vagrant
+  name: dokken
+  pull_platform_image: false
+  pull_chef_image: false
+  memory_limit: 2147483648 # 2GB
+  volumes:
+    # saves the apt archieves outside of the container
+    - /var/cache/apt/archives/:/var/cache/apt/archives/
   ## The forwarded_port port feature lets you connect to ports on the VM guest via
   ## localhost on the host.
   ## see also: https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/networking/forwarded_ports
-  network:
-   - ["forwarded_port", { guest: 4444, host: 4444 }]
+  # network:
+  #  - ["forwarded_port", { guest: 4444, host: 4444 }]
+
+transport:
+  name: dokken
 
 provisioner:
-  name: chef_zero
+  name: dokken
+  clean_dokken_sandbox: false
   # You may wish to disable always updating cookbooks in CI or other testing environments.
   # For example:
   #   always_update_cookbooks: <%= !ENV['CI'] %>
-  always_update_cookbooks: true
+  # always_update_cookbooks: false
 
   ## product_name and product_version specifies a specific Chef product and version to install.
   ## see the Chef documentation for more details: https://docs.chef.io/workstation/config_yml_kitchen/
@@ -24,6 +34,13 @@ verifier:
 
 platforms:
   - name: ubuntu-20.04
+    driver:
+      image: dokken/ubuntu-20.04
+      privileged: true
+      pid_one_command: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
+      intermediate_instructions:
+        # prevent APT from deleting the APT folder
+        - RUN rm /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean
 
 suites:
   - name: rskj