diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-go.sum
+*
diff --git a/tests/tests_test.go b/tests/tests_test.go
--- a/tests/tests_test.go
+++ b/tests/tests_test.go
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	_ "github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/embed"
+	sqlite "github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/gormlite"
+
 	"gorm.io/driver/mysql"
 	"gorm.io/driver/postgres"
-	"gorm.io/driver/sqlite"
 	"gorm.io/driver/sqlserver"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/logger"
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ func OpenTestConnection(cfg *gorm.Config) (db *gorm.DB, err error) {
 		db, err = gorm.Open(mysql.Open(dbDSN), cfg)
 	default:
 		log.Println("testing sqlite3...")
-		db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "gorm.db?_foreign_keys=on")), cfg)
+		db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open("file:"+filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "gorm.db")+"?_pragma=busy_timeout(1000)&_pragma=foreign_keys(1)"), cfg)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {