diff --git a/test/next/jdbc/test_fixtures.clj b/test/next/jdbc/test_fixtures.clj
index 47d3301..9c0714e 100644
--- a/test/next/jdbc/test_fixtures.clj
+++ b/test/next/jdbc/test_fixtures.clj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 (def ^:private test-sqlite {:dbtype "sqlite" :dbname "clojure_test_sqlite"})
 
 ;; this is just a dummy db-spec -- it's handled in with-test-db below
-(def ^:private test-postgres-map {:dbtype "embedded-postgres"})
+(def ^:private test-postgres-map {:dbtype "embedded-postgres" :dbname "clojure_test"})
 (def ^:private test-postgres
   (when-not (System/getenv "NEXT_JDBC_NO_POSTGRES") test-postgres-map))
 ;; it takes a while to spin up so we kick it off at startup