diff --git a/run-tests.clj b/run-tests.clj
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f071a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-tests.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bb
+
+(require '[babashka.process :as p])
+
+(let [maria? (= "maria" (first *command-line-args*))
+      env
+      (cond-> {"NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MSSQL" "yes"
+               "NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MYSQL" "yes"
+               "MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD"    "Str0ngP4ssw0rd"}
+        maria?
+        (assoc "NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MARIA" "yes"))]
+  (-> (p/shell {:extra-env env} "clojure" "-X:test")
+      :exit
+      (System/exit)))
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e9cdfd6..0000000
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# start databases with: docker-compose up
-# then:
-#
-# test against "all" databases with MySQL JDBC driver:
-# ./run-tests.sh
-#
-# test against "all" databases with MariaDB JDBC driver:
-# ./run-tests.sh maria
-
-if test "$1" = "maria"
-then
-	NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MSSQL=yes MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=Str0ngP4ssw0rd \
-		NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MYSQL=yes NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MARIADB=yes clojure -X:test
-fi
-if test "$1" = ""
-then
-	NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MSSQL=yes MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=Str0ngP4ssw0rd \
-		NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MYSQL=yes clojure -X:test
-fi
-exit $?