diff --git a/packages/backend/jest.config.js b/packages/backend/jest.config.js
index b413e106..0b261606 100644
--- a/packages/backend/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/backend/jest.config.js
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 module.exports = {
   preset: 'ts-jest',
   testEnvironment: 'node',
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+  setupFilesAfterEnv: ['./test/setup/global-hooks.ts'],
+  globalTeardown: './test/setup/global-teardown.ts',
+};
diff --git a/packages/backend/knexfile.ts b/packages/backend/knexfile.ts
index 440c8ca5..4847933e 100644
--- a/packages/backend/knexfile.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/knexfile.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import appConfig from './src/config/app';
 
-const fileExtension = appConfig.isDev ? 'ts' : 'js';
+const fileExtension = appConfig.isDev || appConfig.isTest ? 'ts' : 'js';
 
 const knexConfig = {
   client: 'pg',
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts b/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
index c9354060..01a6982b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type AppConfig = {
   appEnv: string;
   logLevel: string;
   isDev: boolean;
+  isTest: boolean;
   isProd: boolean;
   postgresDatabase: string;
   postgresSchema: string;
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ const appConfig: AppConfig = {
   appEnv: appEnv,
   logLevel: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
   isDev: appEnv === 'development',
+  isTest: appEnv === 'test',
   isProd: appEnv === 'production',
   version: process.env.npm_package_version,
   postgresDatabase: process.env.POSTGRES_DATABASE || 'automatisch_development',
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/types/global.d.ts b/packages/backend/src/types/global.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21bbd7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/types/global.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { Knex } from 'knex';
+
+declare global {
+  declare namespace globalThis {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-var
+    var knex: Knex;
+  }
+}
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/global-hooks.ts b/packages/backend/test/setup/global-hooks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be1c2704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/test/setup/global-hooks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { client as knex } from '../../src/config/database';
+
+global.beforeAll(async () => {
+  global.knex = knex;
+});
+
+global.beforeEach(async function () {
+  this.transaction = await global.knex.transaction();
+});
+
+global.afterEach(async function () {
+  await this.transaction.rollback();
+});
+
+global.afterAll(async () => {
+  global.knex.destroy();
+});
diff --git a/packages/backend/test/setup/global-teardown.ts b/packages/backend/test/setup/global-teardown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0484a1a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/test/setup/global-teardown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const exitProcess = (): void => {
+  process.exit(0);
+};
+
+export default exitProcess;
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);
+  });