diff --git a/ci/Jenkinsfile b/ci/Jenkinsfile
index 821c67ac7..cbab13cce 100644
--- a/ci/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/ci/Jenkinsfile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import groovy.transform.Field
 
+/* SETTINGS */
+
 def test = 'go test -v ./...'
 
 def fast_build_platforms = [
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ def build_platforms = [
   ['freebsd', 'amd64']
 ]
 
+/* PIPELINE UTILS */
+
 def setupStep(nodeLabel, f) {
   node(label: nodeLabel) {
     def ps = nodeLabel != 'windows' ? '/' : '\\'
@@ -58,6 +62,8 @@ def gobuild_step(list) {
   }
 }
 
+/* PIPELINE */
+
 ansiColor('xterm') { withEnv(['TERM=xterm-color']) { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
   stage('Checks') {
     parallel(
@@ -66,6 +72,11 @@ ansiColor('xterm') { withEnv(['TERM=xterm-color']) { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MI
           run 'make test_go_fmt'
         }
       },
+      'go vet': {
+        setupStep('linux') { run ->
+          run 'go vet ./...'
+        }
+      },
       'go build': {
         gobuild_step(fast_build_platforms)
       }
@@ -113,7 +124,7 @@ ansiColor('xterm') { withEnv(['TERM=xterm-color']) { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MI
           run "make gx-deps"
 
           try {
-            run "make -j12 -Otarget test/sharness/test-results/sharness.xml CONTINUE_ON_S_FAILURE=1 TEST_NO_FUSE=1"
+            run "make -j12 -Otarget test/sharness/test-results/sharness.xml CONTINUE_ON_S_FAILURE=1 TEST_NO_FUSE=1 TEST_NO_DOCKER=1"
           } catch (err) {
             throw err
           } finally {
diff --git a/test/sharness/lib/0001-Generate-partial-JUnit-reports.patch b/test/sharness/lib/0001-Generate-partial-JUnit-reports.patch
index 5150b0b61..32500da65 100644
--- a/test/sharness/lib/0001-Generate-partial-JUnit-reports.patch
+++ b/test/sharness/lib/0001-Generate-partial-JUnit-reports.patch
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ index 6750ff7..7d9915a 100644
 +esc=$(printf '\033')
 +
 +esc_xml() {
-+	sed 's/&/\&amp;/g; s/</\&lt;/g; s/>/\&gt;/g; s/"/\&quot;/g; s///g;'
++	sed 's/&/\&amp;/g; s/</\&lt;/g; s/>/\&gt;/g; s/"/\&quot;/g; s/'"$esc"'/\&#27;/g; s///g;'
 +}
 +
  test -n "$test_description" || error "Test script did not set test_description."
diff --git a/test/sharness/lib/gen-junit-report.sh b/test/sharness/lib/gen-junit-report.sh
index 5dfbba86a..c69f39adb 100755
--- a/test/sharness/lib/gen-junit-report.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/lib/gen-junit-report.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 cat > test-results/sharness.xml <<-EOF
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.1" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <testsuites name="sharness">
   $(find test-results -name '*.xml.part' | sort | xargs cat)
 </testsuites>
diff --git a/test/sharness/lib/install-sharness.sh b/test/sharness/lib/install-sharness.sh
index 03803510d..9a8c3fc74 100755
--- a/test/sharness/lib/install-sharness.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/lib/install-sharness.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # settings
 version=5eee9b51b5621cec95a64018f0cc779963b230d2
-patch_version=7
+patch_version=8
 
 urlprefix=https://github.com/mlafeldt/sharness.git
 if test ! -n "$clonedir" ; then