diff --git a/tests/migrations/conftest.py b/tests/migrations/conftest.py
index e965683..9f0eb0f 100644
--- a/tests/migrations/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/migrations/conftest.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from pytest_alembic.config import Config
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ def alembic_config():
 @pytest.fixture
 def alembic_engine():
     """Override this fixture to provide pytest-alembic powered tests with a database handle."""
-    return create_engine("sqlite+aiosqlite://")
+    return create_async_engine("sqlite+aiosqlite://")