diff --git a/DynamoDbEncryption/codebuild/release-staging.yml b/DynamoDbEncryption/codebuild/release-staging.yml
index 1257cc2a69..09401e088b 100644
--- a/DynamoDbEncryption/codebuild/release-staging.yml
+++ b/DynamoDbEncryption/codebuild/release-staging.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ phases:
 
       # run test vectors
       - cd ../TestVectors
+      # Spin up ddb local
+      - docker run --name dynamodb -d -p 8000:8000 amazon/dynamodb-local -port 8000 -inMemory -cors *
+
       - sed -i.backup  "/\<ProjectReference Include=\"..\/..\/..\/DynamoDbEncryption\/runtimes\/net\/DynamoDbEncryption.csproj\" \/>/d" runtimes/net/DbEsdkTestVectors.csproj
       - dotnet add runtimes/net/DbEsdkTestVectors.csproj package AWS.Cryptography.DbEncryptionSDK.DynamoDb --version $VERSION
       - make transpile_net
diff --git a/DynamoDbEncryption/codebuild/test-prod.yml b/DynamoDbEncryption/codebuild/test-prod.yml
index fcb38f7e7f..ebb320d0a5 100644
--- a/DynamoDbEncryption/codebuild/test-prod.yml
+++ b/DynamoDbEncryption/codebuild/test-prod.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ phases:
 
       # run test vectors
       - cd ../TestVectors
+      # Spin up ddb local
+      - docker run --name dynamodb -d -p 8000:8000 amazon/dynamodb-local -port 8000 -inMemory -cors *
+
       - sed -i.backup  "/\<ProjectReference Include=\"..\/..\/..\/DynamoDbEncryption\/runtimes\/net\/DynamoDbEncryption.csproj\" \/>/d" runtimes/net/DbEsdkTestVectors.csproj
       - dotnet add runtimes/net/DbEsdkTestVectors.csproj package AWS.Cryptography.DbEncryptionSDK.DynamoDb --version $VERSION
       - make transpile_net