diff --git a/globalSetup.ts b/globalSetup.ts
index 2cfb22f715..115796c395 100644
--- a/globalSetup.ts
+++ b/globalSetup.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default async function setup() {
 
   try {
     let couchdb = new GenericContainer("budibase/couchdb:v3.2.1-sqs")
-      .withExposedPorts(5984)
+      .withExposedPorts(5984, 4984)
       .withEnvironment({
         COUCHDB_PASSWORD: "budibase",
         COUCHDB_USER: "budibase",
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
index 951a6f0517..d0dd2c9b4d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
@@ -77,9 +77,15 @@ export function setupEnv(...envs: any[]) {
     throw new Error("CouchDB port not found")
   }
 
+  const couchSqlPort = getExposedV4Port(couch, 4984)
+  if (!couchSqlPort) {
+    throw new Error("CouchDB SQL port not found")
+  }
+
   const configs = [
     { key: "COUCH_DB_PORT", value: `${couchPort}` },
     { key: "COUCH_DB_URL", value: `http://127.0.0.1:${couchPort}` },
+    { key: "COUCH_DB_SQL_URL", value: `http://127.0.0.1:${couchSqlPort}` },
   ]
 
   for (const config of configs.filter(x => !!x.value)) {