diff --git a/management/server/sql_store_test.go b/management/server/sql_store_test.go
index bee89d927f..e2bc4f90dc 100644
--- a/management/server/sql_store_test.go
+++ b/management/server/sql_store_test.go
@@ -615,6 +615,9 @@ func TestMigrate(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skip("skip CI tests on darwin and windows")
 	}
 
+	// TODO: figure out why this fails on postgres
+	t.Setenv("NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE", string(SqliteStoreEngine))
+
 	store, cleanUp, err := NewTestStoreFromSqlite(context.Background(), "", t.TempDir())
 	t.Cleanup(cleanUp)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)