diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 6f37e8a948..b82f65075a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Install packages
         run: |
           sudo apt-get -qq update
-          sudo apt-get install -y fping python3-pip python3-setuptools snmp
+          sudo apt-get install -y fping python3-pip python3-setuptools snmp sqlite3
       -
         name: Pip install
         run: |
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ jobs:
           PORT: ${{ job.services.database.ports[3306] }}
         run: |
           mysql -h"127.0.0.1" -P"$PORT" --user=librenms --password=librenms -e 'ALTER DATABASE librenms_phpunit_78hunjuybybh CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;'
+      -
+        name: Setup SQLite
+        run: sqlite3 storage/testing.sqlite ""
       -
         name: Artisan serve
         if: matrix.skip-web-check != '1'
diff --git a/tests/Unit/SqliteTest.php b/tests/Unit/SqliteTest.php
index f73755611b..28af5b1dbc 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/SqliteTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/SqliteTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use LibreNMS\Tests\TestCase;
 
 class SqliteTest extends TestCase
 {
-    private $connection = 'testing_memory';
+    private $connection = 'testing_persistent';
 
     public function testMigrationsRunWithoutError()
     {