diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
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+[test-groups]
+sequential-db-tests = { max-threads = 1 }
+
+[[profile.default.overrides]]
+filter = 'package(db)'
+test-group = 'sequential-db-tests'