diff --git a/core/database/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/dao/NewsResourceDaoTest.kt b/core/database/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/dao/NewsResourceDaoTest.kt
index 55e817618..535ab61a7 100644
--- a/core/database/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/dao/NewsResourceDaoTest.kt
+++ b/core/database/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/core/database/dao/NewsResourceDaoTest.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.core.database.model.asExternalModel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.first
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
 import kotlinx.datetime.Instant
+import org.junit.After
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ class NewsResourceDaoTest {
         topicDao = db.topicDao()
     }
 
+    @After
+    fun closeDb() = db.close()
+
     @Test
     fun newsResourceDao_fetches_items_by_descending_publish_date() = runTest {
         val newsResourceEntities = listOf(