diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-build.yml b/.github/workflows/python-build.yml
index 7941848..94778e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-build.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: "src"
+      docker-container:
+        description: "Docker container to run as part of build"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      docker-compose-env:
+        description: "env to set for docker compose as a JSON string"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+      python-versions-to-test:
+        description: "List of versions of python to run, as a JSON string"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: "['3.10']"
     secrets:
       LC_URL: 
         required: false
@@ -123,13 +137,20 @@ jobs:
   build-and-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [check-for-leaks, run-checks]
-    container: python:3.10
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.python-versions-to-test) }}
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          architecture: 'x64'
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           pip install tox
@@ -140,9 +161,23 @@ jobs:
           git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/$dname/$dname
         shell: sh
 
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        if: inputs.docker-container != ''
+        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Stand up required service containers, and run code generation
+        if: inputs.docker-container != ''
+        env: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.docker-compose-env }}
+        run: |
+          docker compose up ${{ inputs.docker-container }}
+
       - name: Build and test
         run: |
-          tox
+          tox -e py${{ matrix.python-version }}
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-lib-release.yml b/.github/workflows/python-lib-release.yml
index 2f38412..6aaa2af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-lib-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-lib-release.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: "src"
+      docker-container:
+        description: "Docker container to run as part of build"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      docker-compose-env:
+        description: "env to set for docker compose as a JSON string"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+      python-version:
+        description: "Python versions to run 'build'"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 3.10
 
     secrets:
       CI_GITHUB_TOKEN:
@@ -143,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
   python-deps-check:
     needs: release-checks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: python:3.10
+    container: python:${{ inputs.python-version }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -166,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [release-checks, build-docs]
     if: always() && !failure() && !cancelled()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: python:3.10
+    container: python:${{ inputs.python-version }}
     outputs:
       artifact: ${{ steps.build.outputs.artifact }}
     steps:
@@ -198,10 +212,24 @@ jobs:
           echo "password = $PYPI_API_TOKEN" >> ~/.pypirc
           echo "\n" >> ~/.pypirc
 
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        if: inputs.docker-container != ''
+        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Stand up required service containers, and run code generation
+        if: inputs.docker-container != ''
+        env: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.docker-compose-env }}
+        run: |
+          docker compose up ${{ inputs.docker-container }}
+
       - name: Build and publish
         id: build
         run: |
-          tox
+          tox -e py${{ inputs.python-version }}
           twine upload --non-interactive --config-file ~/.pypirc dist/*
           artifact_id=$(cat pyproject.toml | grep '[[:space:]]*name[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*".*"$' | cut -d\" -f2 | tr -d '"' | sed 's-\.-_-g')
           artifact="${artifact_id}-${{ needs.release-checks.outputs.version }}-py3-none-any.whl"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-lib-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/python-lib-snapshot.yml
index 64364c6..2a26c89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-lib-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-lib-snapshot.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: "src"
+      docker-container:
+        description: "Docker container to run as part of build"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      python-version:
+        description: "Python versions to run 'build'"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 3.10
           #pypi-project-name:  # OPS-185, although this could be replaced by parsing the name from .pyproject.toml?
           #  description: 'The Pypi project to deploy to - should be the package name'
           #  required: true
@@ -98,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
 
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: python:3.10
+    container: python:${{ inputs.python-version }}
     needs: [run-checks]
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -128,11 +137,24 @@ jobs:
           echo "password = $PYPI_API_TOKEN" >> ~/.pypirc
           echo "\n" >> ~/.pypirc
 
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        if: inputs.docker-container != ''
+        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Stand up required service containers, and run code generation
+        if: inputs.docker-container != ''
+        run: |
+          docker compose up ${{ inputs.docker-container }}
+
       - name: Build and publish
         env:
           COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          tox
+          tox -e py${{ inputs.python-version }}
           twine upload --verbose --non-interactive --config-file ~/.pypirc dist/*
         shell: bash