diff --git a/backend/testutils/testdb/testdb.go b/backend/testutils/testdb/testdb.go
index 4507a84..7b01087 100644
--- a/backend/testutils/testdb/testdb.go
+++ b/backend/testutils/testdb/testdb.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 )
 
-const defaultTestDSN = "postgres://myuser:mypassword@localhost:5432/crussell_test"
+const defaultTestDSN = "postgres://myuser:mypassword@localhost:5432/crussell_test?sslmode=disable"
 
 func Pool(t *testing.T) *pgxpool.Pool {
 	t.Helper()