diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fb4240eb..bd6104c9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 h1:K317FqzuhWc8YvSVlFMCCUb36O/S9MCKRDI7QkRKD/E=
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkryuEj+Srlc=
-github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.4 h1:tHnRBy1i5F2Dh8BAFxqFzxKqqvezXrL2OW1TnX+Mlas=
-github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.4/go.mod h1:d3SSVoowX0Lcu0IBviAWJpolVfI5UJVZZ7cO71lE/z8=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 h1:/o9tlHleP7gOFmsnYNz3RGnqzefHA47wQpKrrdTIwXQ=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5/go.mod h1:d3SSVoowX0Lcu0IBviAWJpolVfI5UJVZZ7cO71lE/z8=
diff --git a/tests/tests_test.go b/tests/tests_test.go
index 90eb847f..c91d4c83 100644
--- a/tests/tests_test.go
+++ b/tests/tests_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"gorm.io/driver/mysql"
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ func OpenTestConnection() (db *gorm.DB, err error) {
 		db, err = gorm.Open(mysql.Open(dbDSN), &gorm.Config{})
 	default:
 		log.Println("testing sqlite3...")
-		db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "gorm.db")), &gorm.Config{})
+		db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open("file::memory:?cache=shared"), &gorm.Config{})
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {