diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6482d71..e14a587f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ A preview of the next release can be installed from
 
 [Babashka](https://github.com/babashka/babashka): Native, fast starting Clojure interpreter for scripting
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Fix [#1688](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1688): use-fixtures should add metadata to `*ns*`
+
 ## 1.3.190 (2024-04-17)
 
 - Fix [#1679](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1679): bump timbre and fix wrapping `timbre/log!`
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/test.clj b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/test.clj
index 9767aef3..05d01dba 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/test.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/test.clj
@@ -660,14 +660,12 @@
 
 ;;; DEFINING FIXTURES
 
-(def ^:private ns->fixtures (atom {}))
-
 (defn- add-ns-meta
   "Adds elements in coll to the current namespace metadata as the
   value of key."
   {:added "1.1"}
   [key coll]
-  (swap! ns->fixtures assoc-in [(sci-namespaces/sci-ns-name @sci/ns) key] coll))
+  (alter-meta! @sci/ns assoc key coll))
 
 (defmulti use-fixtures
   "Wrap test runs in a fixture function to perform setup and
@@ -677,10 +675,10 @@
   (fn [fixture-type & args] fixture-type))
 
 (defmethod use-fixtures :each [fixture-type & args]
-  (add-ns-meta ::each-fixtures args))
+  (add-ns-meta :clojure.test/each-fixtures args))
 
 (defmethod use-fixtures :once [fixture-type & args]
-  (add-ns-meta ::once-fixtures args))
+  (add-ns-meta :clojure.test/once-fixtures args))
 
 (defn- default-fixture
   "The default, empty, fixture function.  Just calls its argument."
@@ -731,10 +729,8 @@
   [vars]
   (doseq [[ns vars] (group-by (comp :ns meta) vars)
           :when ns]
-    (let [ns-name (sci-namespaces/sci-ns-name ns)
-          fixtures (get @ns->fixtures ns-name)
-          once-fixture-fn (join-fixtures (::once-fixtures fixtures))
-          each-fixture-fn (join-fixtures (::each-fixtures fixtures))]
+    (let [once-fixture-fn (join-fixtures (:clojure.test/once-fixtures (meta ns)))
+          each-fixture-fn (join-fixtures (:clojure.test/each-fixtures (meta ns)))]
       (once-fixture-fn
        (fn []
          (doseq [v vars]
diff --git a/test/babashka/test_test.clj b/test/babashka/test_test.clj
index b0ad6da5..0f4c6cdc 100644
--- a/test/babashka/test_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/test_test.clj
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@
 (deftest fixtures-test
   (let [output (bb "
 (require '[clojure.test :as t])
-(defn once [f] (prn :once-before) (f) (prn :once-after))
-(defn each [f] (prn :each-before) (f) (prn :each-after))
+(defn once [f] (prn :once-before) (f)
+(prn :once-after)
+(prn (some? (::t/once-fixtures (meta *ns*)))))
+
+(defn each [f] (prn :each-before) (f) (prn :each-after)
+(prn (some? (::t/each-fixtures (meta *ns*)))))
 (t/use-fixtures :once once)
 (t/use-fixtures :each each)
 (t/deftest foo)
@@ -48,9 +52,12 @@
 :once-before
 :each-before
 :each-after
+true
 :each-before
 :each-after
-:once-after")))))
+true
+:once-after
+true")))))
 
 (deftest with-test
   (let [output (bb "