diff --git a/packages/backend/test/setup/create-database.ts b/packages/backend/test/setup/create-database.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 47783db8..00000000
--- a/packages/backend/test/setup/create-database.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import { createDatabaseAndUser } from '../../bin/database/utils';
-import logger from '../../src/helpers/logger';
-
-createDatabaseAndUser()
-  .then(() => {
-    process.exit(0);
-  })
-  .catch((error) => {
-    logger.error(error);
-    process.exit(1);
-  });
diff --git a/packages/backend/test/setup/prepare-test-env.ts b/packages/backend/test/setup/prepare-test-env.ts
index a46ac8f6..19bc85c9 100644
--- a/packages/backend/test/setup/prepare-test-env.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/test/setup/prepare-test-env.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,22 @@
 import './check-env-file';
-import './create-database';
+import { createDatabaseAndUser } from '../../bin/database/utils';
+import { client as knex } from '../../src/config/database';
+import logger from '../../src/helpers/logger';
+
+const createAndMigrateDatabase = async () => {
+  await createDatabaseAndUser();
+  const migrator = knex.migrate;
+
+  await migrator.latest();
+
+  logger.info(`Completed database migrations for the test database.`);
+};
+
+createAndMigrateDatabase()
+  .then(() => {
+    process.exit(0);
+  })
+  .catch((error) => {
+    logger.error(error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });