diff --git a/apps/server/test/integration/db.ts b/apps/server/test/integration/db.ts
index 29033953..084d47e2 100644
--- a/apps/server/test/integration/db.ts
+++ b/apps/server/test/integration/db.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ export const TEST_DATABASE_URL =
   process.env.TEST_DATABASE_URL ??
   'postgresql://docmost:docmost_dev_pw@localhost:5432/docmost_test';
 
+// Build the raw postgres.js client (mirrors database.module.ts: max pool,
+// silenced notices, bigint-as-number parsing). Kept separate so the singleton
+// can hold a reference to bound its shutdown in destroyTestDb.
+function buildTestSql(url: string = TEST_DATABASE_URL) {
+  return postgres(url, {
+    max: 5,
+    onnotice: () => {},
+    types: {
+      bigint: {
+        to: 20,
+        from: [20, 1700],
+        serialize: (value: number) => value.toString(),
+        parse: (value: string) => Number.parseInt(value),
+      },
+    },
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * Build a Kysely instance that MIRRORS the app's setup in database.module.ts:
  * PostgresJSDialect over postgres(), CamelCasePlugin, and the bigint type
@@ -47,38 +65,40 @@ export const TEST_DATABASE_URL =
  */
 export function buildTestDb(url: string = TEST_DATABASE_URL): Kysely<any> {
   return new Kysely<any>({
-    dialect: new PostgresJSDialect({
-      postgres: postgres(url, {
-        max: 5,
-        onnotice: () => {},
-        types: {
-          bigint: {
-            to: 20,
-            from: [20, 1700],
-            serialize: (value: number) => value.toString(),
-            parse: (value: string) => Number.parseInt(value),
-          },
-        },
-      }),
-    }),
+    dialect: new PostgresJSDialect({ postgres: buildTestSql(url) }),
     plugins: [new CamelCasePlugin()],
   });
 }
 
 let singleton: Kysely<any> | undefined;
+let singletonSql: ReturnType<typeof buildTestSql> | undefined;
 
 /** Lazily-built shared Kysely for the test suite (one per worker; maxWorkers=1). */
 export function getTestDb(): Kysely<any> {
   if (!singleton) {
-    singleton = buildTestDb();
+    singletonSql = buildTestSql();
+    singleton = new Kysely<any>({
+      dialect: new PostgresJSDialect({ postgres: singletonSql }),
+      plugins: [new CamelCasePlugin()],
+    });
   }
   return singleton;
 }
 
 export async function destroyTestDb(): Promise<void> {
-  if (singleton) {
-    await singleton.destroy();
-    singleton = undefined;
+  if (!singleton) return;
+  const sql = singletonSql;
+  // Clear the refs first so a hung end() cannot leave a half-closed singleton.
+  singleton = undefined;
+  singletonSql = undefined;
+  // postgres.js .end() waits indefinitely for in-flight queries by default; a
+  // leaked/stuck pooled connection would hang the afterAll hook (a 60s hook
+  // timeout in CI). Bound the shutdown: the { timeout } grace period lets
+  // active queries drain, then force-closes lingering sockets so teardown
+  // always completes. We close the pool directly instead of Kysely.destroy()
+  // (which would call sql.end() again with no timeout).
+  if (sql) {
+    await sql.end({ timeout: 5 });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/server/test/jest-integration.json b/apps/server/test/jest-integration.json
index 30f62397..43f366f5 100644
--- a/apps/server/test/jest-integration.json
+++ b/apps/server/test/jest-integration.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   "testEnvironment": "node",
   "testTimeout": 60000,
   "maxWorkers": 1,
+  "forceExit": true,
   "globalSetup": "<rootDir>/test/integration/global-setup.ts",
   "globalTeardown": "<rootDir>/test/integration/global-teardown.ts",
   "moduleNameMapper": {