diff --git a/backend/app.hopps.org/src/test/java/app/hopps/org/jpa/BommelTest.java b/backend/app.hopps.org/src/test/java/app/hopps/org/jpa/BommelTest.java
index 8e0bd9ac..89b51403 100644
--- a/backend/app.hopps.org/src/test/java/app/hopps/org/jpa/BommelTest.java
+++ b/backend/app.hopps.org/src/test/java/app/hopps/org/jpa/BommelTest.java
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
-import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
-import org.hamcrest.collection.IsIterableWithSize;
+import org.flywaydb.core.Flyway;
 import org.instancio.Instancio;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
@@ -19,9 +18,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
-import static org.hamcrest.collection.IsIterableWithSize.iterableWithSize;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 @QuarkusTest
@@ -36,6 +32,9 @@ class BommelTest {
     @Inject
     BommelTestResourceCreator resourceCreator;
 
+    @Inject
+    Flyway flyway;
+
     @BeforeEach
     @Transactional
     void clearDatabase() {
@@ -105,14 +104,24 @@ void getChildrenWithCycle() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    @TestTransaction
     void simpleGetParentsTest() {
         // Arrange
-        var existingBommels = resourceCreator.setupSimpleTree();
-        var expectedParentsList = List.of(existingBommels.get(1), existingBommels.getFirst());
+        flyway.clean();
+        flyway.migrate();
+
+        // bommel with id=2 is root
+        // id=4 is child of id=2
+        // id=7 is child of id=4
+
+        var expectedParentsList = List.of(
+                repo.findById(4L),
+                repo.findById(2L)
+        );
+
+        var child = repo.findById(7L);
 
         // Act
-        List<TreeSearchBommel> treeSearchParents = repo.getParents(existingBommels.get(3));
+        List<TreeSearchBommel> treeSearchParents = repo.getParents(child);
 
         // Assert
         var actualParents = treeSearchParents.stream()