diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/lib/backpressure-monitor.integration.test.ts b/packages/orchestrator/lib/backpressure-monitor.integration.test.ts
index 4d814d7ba5..13e1683e4c 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/lib/backpressure-monitor.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/lib/backpressure-monitor.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { getTestDbClient, Scheduler } from '@nangohq/scheduler';
 import { metrics, nanoid } from '@nangohq/utils';
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const noopCallbacks = {
 };
 
 describe('BackpressureMonitor', () => {
-    const dbClient = getTestDbClient();
+    const dbClient = getTestDbClient('orchestrator_backpressure');
     let scheduler: Scheduler;
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ describe('BackpressureMonitor', () => {
         await dbClient.clearDatabase();
     });
 
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await dbClient.destroy();
+    });
+
     it('should emit ORCH_QUEUE_BACKPRESSURE for groups exceeding their max concurrency', async () => {
         const groupKey = `sync:env:${nanoid()}`;
         // Cap of 2, three queued -> backpressure
diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/lib/clients/client.integration.test.ts b/packages/orchestrator/lib/clients/client.integration.test.ts
index 432b4457d7..2397990055 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/lib/clients/client.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/lib/clients/client.integration.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type { PostImmediate } from '../routes/v1/postImmediate.js';
 import type { Task } from '@nangohq/scheduler';
 import type { Result } from '@nangohq/utils';
 
-const dbClient = getTestDbClient();
+const dbClient = getTestDbClient('orchestrator_client');
 const eventsHandler = new TaskEventsHandler(dbClient.db);
 const scheduler = new Scheduler({
     db: dbClient.db,
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ describe('OrchestratorClient', async () => {
     afterAll(async () => {
         scheduler.stop();
         await dbClient.clearDatabase();
+        await dbClient.destroy();
     });
 
     describe('recurring schedule', () => {
diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/lib/clients/processor.integration.test.ts b/packages/orchestrator/lib/clients/processor.integration.test.ts
index d6ea6126e7..8a9a0f420b 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/lib/clients/processor.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/lib/clients/processor.integration.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import type { OrchestratorTask } from './types.js';
 import type { Task } from '@nangohq/scheduler';
 import type { Result } from '@nangohq/utils';
 
-const dbClient = getTestDbClient();
+const dbClient = getTestDbClient('orchestrator_processor');
 const taskEventsHandler = new TaskEventsHandler(dbClient.db);
 const scheduler = new Scheduler({
     db: dbClient.db,
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ describe('OrchestratorProcessor', () => {
         scheduler.stop();
         await setTimeout(100); // wait for the scheduler to stop
         await dbClient.clearDatabase();
+        await dbClient.destroy();
     });
 
     it('should process tasks', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/lib/events.integration.test.ts b/packages/orchestrator/lib/events.integration.test.ts
index 7e42af919f..fa28a8496d 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/lib/events.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/lib/events.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { getTestDbClient } from '@nangohq/scheduler';
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { taskEvents, TaskEventsHandler } from './events.js';
 
 import type { Task } from '@nangohq/scheduler';
 
-const dbClient = getTestDbClient();
+const dbClient = getTestDbClient('orchestrator_events');
 const mockActionTask: Task = {
     id: '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000',
     name: 'task-name',
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ describe('TaskEventsHandler', () => {
         await dbClient.clearDatabase();
     });
 
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await dbClient.destroy();
+    });
+
     describe('emit', () => {
         it('should throw error for empty event name', () => {
             expect(() => eventsHandler.emit('')).toThrow('Event name must be a non-empty string');
diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/lib/helpers.test.ts b/packages/orchestrator/lib/helpers.test.ts
index 7380de5784..8ce92bbd94 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/lib/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/lib/helpers.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ export class TestOrchestratorService {
     private scheduler: Scheduler | null;
     private eventsHandler: TaskEventsHandler;
 
-    constructor({ port }: { port: number }) {
-        this.dbClient = getTestDbClient();
+    constructor({ port, schema }: { port: number; schema: string }) {
+        this.dbClient = getTestDbClient(schema);
         this.eventsHandler = new TaskEventsHandler(this.dbClient.db);
         this.port = port;
         this.scheduler = null;
diff --git a/packages/scheduler/lib/daemons/daemon.integration.test.ts b/packages/scheduler/lib/daemons/daemon.integration.test.ts
index f35809fbda..3a03f2b0d9 100644
--- a/packages/scheduler/lib/daemons/daemon.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/scheduler/lib/daemons/daemon.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 import { setTimeout } from 'node:timers/promises';
 
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { afterAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { getTestDbClient } from '../db/helpers.test.js';
 import { SchedulerDaemon } from './daemon.js';
 
 import type knex from 'knex';
 
-const db = getTestDbClient().db;
+const dbClient = getTestDbClient('scheduler_daemon');
+const db = dbClient.db;
 
 describe('SchedulerDaemon', () => {
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await dbClient.destroy();
+    });
+
     it('should be abortable', async () => {
         class TestDaemon extends SchedulerDaemon {
             constructor({ db, abortSignal, onError }: { db: knex.Knex; abortSignal: AbortSignal; onError: (err: Error) => void }) {
diff --git a/packages/scheduler/lib/daemons/scheduling/scheduling.integration.test.ts b/packages/scheduler/lib/daemons/scheduling/scheduling.integration.test.ts
index e80f71864f..85498643f7 100644
--- a/packages/scheduler/lib/daemons/scheduling/scheduling.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/scheduler/lib/daemons/scheduling/scheduling.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { uuidv7 } from 'uuidv7';
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { defaultSchedulerConfig } from '../../config.js';
-import { DatabaseClient, defaultDatabaseClientOptions } from '../../db/client.js';
 import { getTestDbClient } from '../../db/helpers.test.js';
 import { DbSchedule, SCHEDULES_TABLE } from '../../models/schedules.js';
 import * as schedules from '../../models/schedules.js';
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ import type { Schedule, ScheduleState, Task, TaskState } from '../../types.js';
 import type knex from 'knex';
 
 describe('dueSchedules', () => {
-    const dbClient = getTestDbClient();
+    const dbClient = getTestDbClient('scheduler_scheduling');
     const db = dbClient.db;
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -27,6 +26,10 @@ describe('dueSchedules', () => {
         await dbClient.clearDatabase();
     });
 
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await dbClient.destroy();
+    });
+
     it('should not return schedule that is deleted', async () => {
         await addSchedule(db, { state: 'DELETED', frequency: '3 minutes' });
         const due = await dueSchedules(db);
@@ -93,13 +96,7 @@ describe('dueSchedules', () => {
 });
 
 describe('SchedulingDaemon', () => {
-    // Dedicated schema: running the daemon against the shared 'scheduler' schema races with the
-    // looping daemons in scheduler.integration.test.ts via SKIP LOCKED.
-    const dbClient = new DatabaseClient({
-        ...defaultDatabaseClientOptions,
-        url: `postgres://${process.env['NANGO_DB_USER']}:${process.env['NANGO_DB_PASSWORD']}@${process.env['NANGO_DB_HOST']}:${process.env['NANGO_DB_PORT']}/${process.env['NANGO_DB_NAME']}`,
-        schema: 'scheduler_daemon'
-    });
+    const dbClient = getTestDbClient('scheduler_scheduling_daemon');
     const db = dbClient.db;
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -110,6 +107,10 @@ describe('SchedulingDaemon', () => {
         await dbClient.clearDatabase();
     });
 
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await dbClient.destroy();
+    });
+
     it('should stamp materialized tasks with the configured recurringGroupMaxConcurrency', async () => {
         const schedule = await addSchedule(db);
         const daemon = new SchedulingDaemon({
diff --git a/packages/scheduler/lib/db/helpers.test.ts b/packages/scheduler/lib/db/helpers.test.ts
index 6fb50e4da3..d0b3a74ff3 100644
--- a/packages/scheduler/lib/db/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/scheduler/lib/db/helpers.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { DatabaseClient, defaultDatabaseClientOptions } from './client.js';
 
-export const getTestDbClient = () =>
+// Every suite passes its own schema. `migrate()` creates it and `clearDatabase()` drops it,
+// so sharing one means a teardown in one file destroys the schema another file is still using.
+export const getTestDbClient = (schema: string) =>
     new DatabaseClient({
         ...defaultDatabaseClientOptions,
         url: `postgres://${process.env['NANGO_DB_USER']}:${process.env['NANGO_DB_PASSWORD']}@${process.env['NANGO_DB_HOST']}:${process.env['NANGO_DB_PORT']}/${process.env['NANGO_DB_NAME']}`,
-        schema: 'scheduler'
+        schema
     });
diff --git a/packages/scheduler/lib/models/schedules.integration.test.ts b/packages/scheduler/lib/models/schedules.integration.test.ts
index 78e061c876..8de903dfd2 100644
--- a/packages/scheduler/lib/models/schedules.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/scheduler/lib/models/schedules.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { setTimeout } from 'timers/promises';
 
 import { uuidv7 } from 'uuidv7';
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { getTestDbClient } from '../db/helpers.test.js';
 import * as schedules from './schedules.js';
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type { Schedule } from '../types.js';
 import type knex from 'knex';
 
 describe('Schedules', () => {
-    const dbClient = getTestDbClient();
+    const dbClient = getTestDbClient('scheduler_schedules');
     const db = dbClient.db;
     beforeEach(async () => {
         await dbClient.migrate();
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ describe('Schedules', () => {
         await dbClient.clearDatabase();
     });
 
+    // Close the knex pool. Nine of these suites leak one otherwise, which exhausts Postgres
+    // once they share a process with the rest of the suite.
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await dbClient.destroy();
+    });
+
     it('should be successfully created', async () => {
         const schedule = await createSchedule(db);
         expect(schedule).toMatchObject({
diff --git a/packages/scheduler/lib/models/tasks.integration.test.ts b/packages/scheduler/lib/models/tasks.integration.test.ts
index 3af6195344..21b36b6b78 100644
--- a/packages/scheduler/lib/models/tasks.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/scheduler/lib/models/tasks.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { nanoid } from '@nangohq/utils';
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const props = {
 };
 
 describe('Task', () => {
-    const dbClient = getTestDbClient();
+    const dbClient = getTestDbClient('scheduler_tasks');
     const db = dbClient.db;
     beforeEach(async () => {
         await dbClient.migrate();
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ describe('Task', () => {
         await dbClient.clearDatabase();
     });
 
+    // Close the knex pool. Nine of these suites leak one otherwise, which exhausts Postgres
+    // once they share a process with the rest of the suite.
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await dbClient.destroy();
+    });
+
     it('should be successfully created', async () => {
         const res = (await tasks.create(db, [props])).unwrap();
         expect(res.created[0]).toMatchObject({
diff --git a/packages/scheduler/lib/scheduler.integration.test.ts b/packages/scheduler/lib/scheduler.integration.test.ts
index e9f18d0877..52eee5309f 100644
--- a/packages/scheduler/lib/scheduler.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/scheduler/lib/scheduler.integration.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type { TaskProps } from './models/tasks.js';
 import type { Schedule, ScheduleState, Task } from './types.js';
 
 describe('Scheduler', () => {
-    const dbClient = getTestDbClient();
+    const dbClient = getTestDbClient('scheduler');
     const callbacks = {
         CREATED: vi.fn((task: Task) => expect(task.state).toBe('CREATED')),
         STARTED: vi.fn((task: Task) => expect(task.state).toBe('STARTED')),
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ describe('Scheduler', () => {
     afterAll(async () => {
         await scheduler.stop();
         await dbClient.clearDatabase();
+        await dbClient.destroy();
     });
 
     it('mark task as SUCCEEDED', async () => {
diff --git a/vite.integration.config.ts b/vite.integration.config.ts
index 58a15ed816..a7d3b082cb 100644
--- a/vite.integration.config.ts
+++ b/vite.integration.config.ts
@@ -34,15 +34,7 @@ function findSuitesUsingViMock(root: string): string[] {
     return found;
 }
 
-const usesViMock = findSuitesUsingViMock('packages');
-
-// These all run live polling daemons against the fixed `scheduler` schema, so a daemon from
-// one file steals dequeues and transitions tasks in the next. Orchestrator counts because its
-// harness builds a Scheduler on `getTestDbClient` from @nangohq/scheduler, which pins that same
-// schema, and tears down with `clearDatabase()`:
-const ownsTheSchedulerSchema = ['**/packages/scheduler/**/*.integration.test.ts', '**/packages/orchestrator/**/*.integration.test.ts'];
-
-const needsOwnProcess = [...usesViMock, ...ownsTheSchedulerSchema];
+const needsOwnProcess = findSuitesUsingViMock('packages');
 
 const shared = {
     include: ['**/*.integration.{test,spec}.?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)'],