diff --git a/chia/util/db_version.py b/chia/util/db_version.py
index 379f47267a4f..c4a8e3a88c40 100644
--- a/chia/util/db_version.py
+++ b/chia/util/db_version.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ async def lookup_db_version(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> int:
 async def set_db_version_async(db: aiosqlite.Connection, version: int) -> None:
     await db.execute("CREATE TABLE database_version(version int)")
     await db.execute("INSERT INTO database_version VALUES (?)", (version,))
-    db.commit()
+    await db.commit()
 
 
 def set_db_version(db: sqlite3.Connection, version: int) -> None: