diff --git a/apps/server/test/app.e2e-spec.ts b/apps/server/test/app.e2e-spec.ts
index 0012dcd2..2365dd6e 100644
--- a/apps/server/test/app.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/apps/server/test/app.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,34 @@
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
-import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  FastifyAdapter,
+  NestFastifyApplication,
+} from '@nestjs/platform-fastify';
 import * as request from 'supertest';
 import { AppModule } from '../src/app.module';
 
 describe('AppController (e2e)', () => {
-  let app: INestApplication;
+  let app: NestFastifyApplication;
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     const moduleFixture: TestingModule = await Test.createTestingModule({
       imports: [AppModule],
     }).compile();
 
-    app = moduleFixture.createNestApplication();
+    // Docmost runs on Fastify (see src/main.ts). The default
+    // createNestApplication() would load @nestjs/platform-express, which is not
+    // a dependency of this project, so an explicit FastifyAdapter is required.
+    app = moduleFixture.createNestApplication<NestFastifyApplication>(
+      new FastifyAdapter(),
+    );
     await app.init();
+    // Fastify must finish booting before its HTTP server can serve requests.
+    await app.getHttpAdapter().getInstance().ready();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    // Guard with optional chaining: if beforeEach throws before `app` is
+    // assigned, closing undefined would mask the original failure.
+    await app?.close();
   });
 
   it('/ (GET)', () => {
diff --git a/apps/server/test/jest-e2e.json b/apps/server/test/jest-e2e.json
index ae4cf8e3..b8532df0 100644
--- a/apps/server/test/jest-e2e.json
+++ b/apps/server/test/jest-e2e.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "^.+\\.(t|j)sx?$": "ts-jest"
   },
   "transformIgnorePatterns": [
-    "/node_modules/(?!(\\.pnpm/)?(nanoid|uuid|image-dimensions|marked|happy-dom|lib0)(@|/))"
+    "/node_modules/(?!(\\.pnpm/)?(nanoid|uuid|image-dimensions|marked|happy-dom|lib0|@sindresorhus[+/][a-z0-9-]+|escape-string-regexp|p-limit|yocto-queue)(@|/))"
   ],
   "moduleNameMapper": {
     "^@docmost/db/(.*)$": "<rootDir>/../src/database/$1",