diff --git a/packages/cli/test/integration/shared/constants.ts b/packages/cli/test/integration/shared/constants.ts
index 33189089b5..d68ef00e1e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/integration/shared/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/integration/shared/constants.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ export const BOOTSTRAP_MYSQL_CONNECTION_NAME: Readonly<string> = 'n8n_bs_mysql';
  */
 export const SMTP_TEST_TIMEOUT = 30_000;
 
+/**
+ * Timeout (in milliseconds) to account for DB being slow to initialize.
+ */
+export const DB_INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT = 30_000;
+
 /**
  * Mapping tables having no entity representation.
  */
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/integration/shared/testDb.ts b/packages/cli/test/integration/shared/testDb.ts
index 16d4b4f918..552aca823d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/integration/shared/testDb.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/integration/shared/testDb.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import config from '../../../config';
 import {
 	BOOTSTRAP_MYSQL_CONNECTION_NAME,
 	BOOTSTRAP_POSTGRES_CONNECTION_NAME,
+	DB_INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT,
 	MAPPING_TABLES,
 	MAPPING_TABLES_TO_CLEAR,
 } from './constants';
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ export async function init() {
 	const dbType = config.getEnv('database.type');
 
 	if (dbType === 'sqlite') {
+		jest.setTimeout(DB_INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT);
+
 		// no bootstrap connection required
 		const testDbName = `n8n_test_sqlite_${randomString(6, 10)}_${Date.now()}`;
 		await Db.init(getSqliteOptions({ name: testDbName }));
@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ export async function init() {
 	}
 
 	if (dbType === 'postgresdb') {
+		jest.setTimeout(DB_INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT);
+
 		let bootstrapPostgres;
 		const pgOptions = getBootstrapPostgresOptions();
 
@@ -92,6 +97,8 @@ export async function init() {
 	}
 
 	if (dbType === 'mysqldb') {
+		// initialization timeout in test/setup.ts
+
 		const bootstrapMysql = await createConnection(getBootstrapMySqlOptions());
 
 		const testDbName = `mysql_${randomString(6, 10)}_${Date.now()}_n8n_test`;
@@ -147,7 +154,9 @@ async function truncateMappingTables(
 
 	if (dbType === 'sqlite') {
 		const promises = mappingTables.map((tableName) =>
-			testDb.query(`DELETE FROM ${tableName}; DELETE FROM sqlite_sequence WHERE name=${tableName};`),
+			testDb.query(
+				`DELETE FROM ${tableName}; DELETE FROM sqlite_sequence WHERE name=${tableName};`,
+			),
 		);
 
 		return Promise.all(promises);
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/setup.ts b/packages/cli/test/setup.ts
index 1180a082c5..e0af9209d3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/setup.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import { exec as callbackExec } from 'child_process';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 
 import config from '../config';
-import { BOOTSTRAP_MYSQL_CONNECTION_NAME } from './integration/shared/constants';
+import {
+	BOOTSTRAP_MYSQL_CONNECTION_NAME,
+	DB_INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT,
+} from './integration/shared/constants';
 
 const exec = promisify(callbackExec);
 
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ if (dbType === 'mysqldb') {
 
 	(async () => {
 		try {
-			jest.setTimeout(30000); // 30 seconds for DB initialization
+			jest.setTimeout(DB_INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT);
 			await exec(
 				`echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ${BOOTSTRAP_MYSQL_CONNECTION_NAME}" | mysql -h ${host} -u ${username} ${passwordSegment}; USE ${BOOTSTRAP_MYSQL_CONNECTION_NAME};`,
 			);