diff --git a/tests/integration/AdminUiIbexaTestKernel.php b/tests/integration/AdminUiIbexaTestKernel.php
index 9dba54a79b..5e98ebeee4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/AdminUiIbexaTestKernel.php
+++ b/tests/integration/AdminUiIbexaTestKernel.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use Ibexa\Bundle\Notifications\IbexaNotificationsBundle;
 use Ibexa\Bundle\Rest\IbexaRestBundle;
 use Ibexa\Bundle\Search\IbexaSearchBundle;
+use Ibexa\Bundle\Test\Core\IbexaTestCoreBundle;
 use Ibexa\Bundle\Test\Rest\IbexaTestRestBundle;
 use Ibexa\Bundle\TwigComponents\IbexaTwigComponentsBundle;
 use Ibexa\Bundle\User\IbexaUserBundle;
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ public function registerBundles(): iterable
     {
         yield from parent::registerBundles();
 
+        // required by Bootstrapper: provides HooksExecutorInterface and the built-in hooks
+        yield new IbexaTestCoreBundle();
+
         yield new HautelookTemplatedUriBundle();
         yield new KnpMenuBundle();
         yield new WebpackEncoreBundle();
diff --git a/tests/integration/bootstrap.php b/tests/integration/bootstrap.php
index fa6083c9d0..48b6f8c444 100644
--- a/tests/integration/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/integration/bootstrap.php
@@ -6,48 +6,17 @@
  */
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
-use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Test\Persistence\Fixture\FixtureImporter;
-use Ibexa\Tests\Core\Repository\LegacySchemaImporter;
-use Ibexa\Tests\Integration\AdminUi\AdminUiIbexaTestKernel;
-use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Console\Application;
-use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;
+use Ibexa\Contracts\Test\Core\Bootstrapper\Bootstrapper;
 
 $packageRoot = dirname(__DIR__, 2);
 require_once $packageRoot . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 chdir($packageRoot);
 
-$kernel = new AdminUiIbexaTestKernel('test', true);
-$kernel->boot();
-
-$application = new Application($kernel);
-$application->setAutoExit(false);
-
-$databaseUrl = getenv('DATABASE_URL');
-if ($databaseUrl !== false && 'sqlite' !== substr($databaseUrl, 0, 6)) {
-    $application->run(new ArrayInput([
-        'command' => 'doctrine:database:drop',
-        '--if-exists' => '1',
-        '--force' => '1',
-        '--quiet' => true,
-    ]));
-}
-
-$application->run(new ArrayInput([
-    'command' => 'doctrine:database:create',
-    '--quiet' => true,
-]));
-
-/** @var \Psr\Container\ContainerInterface $testContainer */
-$testContainer = $kernel->getContainer()->get('test.service_container');
-
-$schemaImporter = $testContainer->get(LegacySchemaImporter::class);
-foreach ($kernel->getSchemaFiles() as $file) {
-    $schemaImporter->importSchema($file);
-}
-
-$fixtureImporter = $testContainer->get(FixtureImporter::class);
-foreach ($kernel->getFixtures() as $fixture) {
-    $fixtureImporter->import($fixture);
-}
-$kernel->shutdown();
+(new Bootstrapper())->bootstrap(null, [
+    Bootstrapper::class => [
+        // this package's tests never ran doctrine:schema:update, and Bootstrapper enables it by
+        // default; keep it off so the bootstrap stays equivalent
+        Bootstrapper::OPTION_SCHEMA_UPDATE => false,
+    ],
+]);