diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 54186f8a..d1348b6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ jobs:
           poetry run black --check .
           poetry run flake8
 
+      - name: Run db migration
+        run: |
+          CONFIG=tests/test.env poetry run alembic upgrade head
+
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
           poetry run pytest
diff --git a/scripts/run-test.sh b/scripts/run-test.sh
index 2411221d..37599204 100644
--- a/scripts/run-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-test.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 # Run tests
 
+# Delete the test DB if it isn't properly removed
 docker rm -f sl-test-db
 
+# Create a test DB
 docker run -d --name sl-test-db -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=test -e POSTGRES_USER=test -e POSTGRES_DB=test -p 15432:5432 postgres:13
 
-# the time the DB container starts
+# the time for the test DB container to start
 sleep 3
 
+# migrate the DB to the latest version
+CONFIG=tests/test.env poetry run alembic upgrade head
+
+# run test
 poetry run pytest
 
+# Delete the test DB
 docker rm -f sl-test-db
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 3a0d4abe..a8c5ce69 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ os.environ["CONFIG"] = os.path.abspath(
 import sqlalchemy
 
 from app.db import Session, engine, connection
-from app.models import Base
 
 from psycopg2 import errors
 from psycopg2.errorcodes import DEPENDENT_OBJECTS_STILL_EXIST
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ with engine.connect() as conn:
             print(">>> pg_trgm can't be dropped, ignore")
         conn.execute("Rollback")
 
-Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
-
 add_sl_domains()