diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 06ea67df..cd0c148c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,70 @@ on:
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
+  # Set build metadata before running any other job so we can reuse them for
+  # both the standandard and the slim images, and for verification as well.
+  # We can't run this as part of the build-container-image job because it
+  # runs multiple times due to its matrix configuration, leading to race
+  # conditions when verifying container image labels.
+  set-build-metadata:
+    name: Set build metadata
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    outputs:
+      CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_DATE: ${{ steps.set-container-image-build-metadata.outputs.CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_DATE }}
+      CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_REVISION: ${{ steps.set-container-image-build-metadata.outputs.CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_REVISION }}
+      CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_VERSION: ${{ steps.set-container-image-build-metadata.outputs.CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_VERSION }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Set build metadata
+        id: set-container-image-build-metadata
+        run: |
+          if [[ ${{ github.event_name }} == 'push' ]] || [[ ${{ github.event_name }} == 'merge_group' ]]; then
+            BUILD_REVISION=${{ github.sha }}
+            BUILD_VERSION=${{ github.sha }}
+          elif [[ ${{ github.event_name }} == 'pull_request' ]]; then
+            BUILD_REVISION=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+            BUILD_VERSION=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          else
+            echo "[ERROR] Event not supported when setting build revision and build version"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if [ -z "${BUILD_REVISION}" ]; then
+            echo "[ERROR] BUILD_REVISION is empty"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if [ -z "${BUILD_VERSION}" ]; then
+            echo "[ERROR] BUILD_VERSION is empty"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
+
+          echo "Build date: ${BUILD_DATE}"
+          echo "Build revision: ${BUILD_REVISION}"
+          echo "Build version: ${BUILD_VERSION}"
+
+          {
+            echo "BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}"
+            echo "BUILD_REVISION=${BUILD_REVISION}"
+            echo "BUILD_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION}"
+          } >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+
+          {
+            echo "CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}"
+            echo "CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_REVISION=${BUILD_REVISION}"
+            echo "CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION}"
+          } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
   build-container-image:
     name: Build and Test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
+    needs:
+      - set-build-metadata
     concurrency:
       # Ref: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#github-context
       # github.head_ref: head_ref or source branch of the pull request
@@ -40,35 +99,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Set build metadata
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.event_name }} == 'push' ]] || [[ ${{ github.event_name }} == 'merge_group' ]]; then
-            BUILD_REVISION=${{ github.sha }}
-            BUILD_VERSION=${{ github.sha }}
-          elif [[ ${{ github.event_name }} == 'pull_request' ]]; then
-            BUILD_REVISION=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-            BUILD_VERSION=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          else
-            echo "[ERROR] Event not supported when setting build revision and build version"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          if [ -z "${BUILD_REVISION}" ]; then
-            echo "[ERROR] BUILD_REVISION is empty"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          if [ -z "${BUILD_VERSION}" ]; then
-            echo "[ERROR] BUILD_VERSION is empty"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          {
-            echo "BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')"
-            echo "BUILD_REVISION=${BUILD_REVISION}"
-            echo "BUILD_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION}"
-          } >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
-
       - name: Free Disk space
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -86,9 +116,9 @@ jobs:
           context: .
           file: ./Dockerfile
           build-args: |
-            BUILD_DATE=${{ env.BUILD_DATE }}
-            BUILD_REVISION=${{ env.BUILD_REVISION }}
-            BUILD_VERSION=${{ env.BUILD_VERSION }}
+            BUILD_DATE=${{ needs.set-build-metadata.outputs.CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_DATE }}
+            BUILD_REVISION=${{ needs.set-build-metadata.outputs.CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_REVISION }}
+            BUILD_VERSION=${{ needs.set-build-metadata.outputs.CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_VERSION }}
           cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.CONTAINER_IMAGE_ID }}-buildcache
           outputs: type=docker,dest=/tmp/${{ env.CONTAINER_IMAGE_OUTPUT_IMAGE_NAME }}.tar
           push: false
@@ -109,11 +139,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make info
 
-      # Validate the container image labels here so we don't have to pass the expected
-      # label values to other build jobs
-      - name: Validate container image labels
-        run: make validate-container-image-labels
-
       - name: Upload ${{ env.CONTAINER_IMAGE_OUTPUT_IMAGE_NAME }} container image
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.4
         with:
@@ -214,6 +239,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     needs:
+      - set-build-metadata
       - build-container-image
       - build-test-suite-matrix
     strategy:
@@ -226,13 +252,17 @@ jobs:
           - container-image-id: super-linter-slim-latest
             prefix: slim-
             target: slim
-        exclude:
-          # Don't validate container image labels because we do that when building the image
-          - test-case: validate-container-image-labels
+        include:
+          # Also run the test target to check if running the whole test suite
+          # in the same execution environment prevents it from succeeding
+          - test-case: test
     env:
       CONTAINER_IMAGE_ID: "ghcr.io/super-linter/super-linter:${{ matrix.images.prefix }}latest"
       CONTAINER_IMAGE_TARGET: "${{ matrix.images.target }}"
       CONTAINER_IMAGE_OUTPUT_IMAGE_NAME: "super-linter-${{ matrix.images.prefix }}latest"
+      BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.set-build-metadata.outputs.CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_DATE }}
+      BUILD_REVISION: ${{ needs.set-build-metadata.outputs.CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_REVISION }}
+      BUILD_VERSION: ${{ needs.set-build-metadata.outputs.CONTAINER_IMAGE_BUILD_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/test/run-super-linter-tests.sh b/test/run-super-linter-tests.sh
index 1f9a9da1..90b01d66 100755
--- a/test/run-super-linter-tests.sh
+++ b/test/run-super-linter-tests.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ DEFAULT_BRANCH="main"
 
 COMMAND_TO_RUN=(docker run -t -e DEFAULT_BRANCH="${DEFAULT_BRANCH}" -e ENABLE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_GROUP_TITLE=true)
 
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN=()
-
 ignore_test_cases() {
   COMMAND_TO_RUN+=(-e FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE=".*(/test/linters/|CHANGELOG.md).*")
 }
@@ -167,11 +165,16 @@ run_test_case_custom_summary() {
 run_test_case_fix_mode() {
   CREATE_LOG_FILE="true"
   SAVE_SUPER_LINTER_OUTPUT="true"
+  VERIFY_FIX_MODE="true"
 
   GIT_REPOSITORY_PATH="$(mktemp -d)"
-
   initialize_git_repository_and_test_args "${GIT_REPOSITORY_PATH}" "test/data/github-event/github-event-push.json"
 
+  # Remove leftovers before copying test files because other tests might have
+  # created temporary files and caches as the root user, so commands that
+  # need access to those files might fail if they run as a non-root user.
+  RemoveTestLeftovers
+
   local LINTERS_TEST_CASES_FIX_MODE_DESTINATION_PATH="${GIT_REPOSITORY_PATH}/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}"
   mkdir -p "${LINTERS_TEST_CASES_FIX_MODE_DESTINATION_PATH}"
 
@@ -200,10 +203,6 @@ run_test_case_fix_mode() {
   git -C "${GIT_REPOSITORY_PATH}" commit --no-verify -m "feat: add fix mode test cases"
   initialize_github_sha "${GIT_REPOSITORY_PATH}"
 
-  CREATE_LOG_FILE="true"
-  SAVE_SUPER_LINTER_OUTPUT="true"
-  VERIFY_FIX_MODE="true"
-
   # Enable test mode so we run linters and formatters only against their test
   # cases
   COMMAND_TO_RUN+=(--env FIX_MODE_TEST_CASE_RUN=true)
@@ -266,32 +265,14 @@ SUPER_LINTER_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH="${SUPER_LINTER_MAIN_OUTPUT_PATH}/${SUPER_LINTER_
 debug "Super-linter summary output path: ${SUPER_LINTER_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}"
 
 LOG_FILE_PATH="${SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}/super-linter.log"
+debug "Super-linter log file path: ${LOG_FILE_PATH}"
 
 COMMAND_TO_RUN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_TEST_CONTAINER_URL}")
 
 declare -i EXPECTED_EXIT_CODE
 EXPECTED_EXIT_CODE=${EXPECTED_EXIT_CODE:-0}
 
-debug "Cleaning eventual leftovers before running tests: ${LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN[*]}"
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${LOG_FILE_PATH}")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_MAIN_OUTPUT_PATH}")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/bad/target")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/bad/Cargo.lock")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/good/target")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/good/Cargo.lock")
-# Delete leftovers in pwd in case the workspace is not pwd
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/$(basename "${LOG_FILE_PATH}")")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/$(basename "${SUPER_LINTER_GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}")")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/$(basename "${SUPER_LINTER_MAIN_OUTPUT_PATH}")")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/$(basename "${SUPER_LINTER_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}")")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/bad/target")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/bad/Cargo.lock")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/good/target")
-LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/good/Cargo.lock")
-sudo rm -rfv "${LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN[@]}"
+RemoveTestLeftovers
 
 if [[ "${ENABLE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_STEP_SUMMARY}" == "true" ]]; then
   debug "Creating GitHub Actions step summary file: ${SUPER_LINTER_GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}"
diff --git a/test/testUtils.sh b/test/testUtils.sh
index 451245e1..3a4f59bd 100755
--- a/test/testUtils.sh
+++ b/test/testUtils.sh
@@ -123,3 +123,45 @@ IsLanguageInSlimImage() {
     return 0
   fi
 }
+
+RemoveTestLeftovers() {
+  local LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN=()
+  LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/bad/target")
+  LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/bad/Cargo.lock")
+  LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/good/target")
+  LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_WORKSPACE}/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/good/Cargo.lock")
+  # Delete leftovers in pwd in case the workspace is not pwd
+  LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/bad/target")
+  LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/bad/Cargo.lock")
+  LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/good/target")
+  LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/${LINTERS_TEST_CASE_DIRECTORY}/rust_clippy/good/Cargo.lock")
+
+  # These variables are defined after configuring test cases, so they might not
+  # have been initialized yet
+  if [[ -v LOG_FILE_PATH ]] &&
+    [[ -n "${LOG_FILE_PATH}" ]]; then
+    LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${LOG_FILE_PATH}")
+    LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/$(basename "${LOG_FILE_PATH}")")
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -v SUPER_LINTER_GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH ]] &&
+    [[ -n "${SUPER_LINTER_GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}" ]]; then
+    LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}")
+    LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/$(basename "${SUPER_LINTER_GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}")")
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -v SUPER_LINTER_MAIN_OUTPUT_PATH ]] &&
+    [[ -n "${SUPER_LINTER_MAIN_OUTPUT_PATH}" ]]; then
+    LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_MAIN_OUTPUT_PATH}")
+    LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/$(basename "${SUPER_LINTER_MAIN_OUTPUT_PATH}")")
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -v SUPER_LINTER_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH ]] &&
+    [[ -n "${SUPER_LINTER_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}" ]]; then
+    LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("${SUPER_LINTER_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}")
+    LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN+=("$(pwd)/$(basename "${SUPER_LINTER_SUMMARY_FILE_PATH}")")
+  fi
+
+  debug "Cleaning eventual test leftovers: ${LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN[*]}"
+  sudo rm -rfv "${LEFTOVERS_TO_CLEAN[@]}"
+}