diff --git a/tests/base_test.py b/tests/base_test.py
index 05d15bd427..7ae22b342c 100644
--- a/tests/base_test.py
+++ b/tests/base_test.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from abc import ABC
 from typing import Union
 
 from selenium.webdriver import Chrome, Edge, Firefox
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
 from utilities.vrt_helper import VrtHelper
 
 
-class BaseTest:
+class BaseTest(ABC):
     driver: Union[Chrome, Firefox, Edge]
     wait: WebDriverWait
     about_page: AboutPage
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 673535e2c6..504639fa5b 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from _pytest.nodes import Item
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from mailinator import Mailinator
+from mysql.connector import MySQLConnection
 from requests_toolbelt.utils import dump
 from selenium import webdriver
 from selenium.webdriver.support.event_firing_webdriver import EventFiringWebDriver
@@ -100,6 +101,14 @@ def mailinator_helper() -> MailinatorHelper:
     )
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def db_connection():
+    """Fixture to establish a database connection."""
+    connection = MySQLConnection(user="root", password="1234", database="world")
+    yield connection
+    connection.close()
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def vrt_helper():
     """Fixture for creating a Visual Regression Tracker (VRT) helper object.
diff --git a/tests/db_test.py b/tests/db_test.py
index 83d45e1c7c..aebb610818 100644
--- a/tests/db_test.py
+++ b/tests/db_test.py
@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
 import allure
 import pytest
 from assertpy import assert_that
-from mysql.connector import MySQLConnection
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skip(reason="requires database connection")
 class TestDatabaseExample:
     @allure.title("Verify population amounts")
-    def test_verify_population_amount(self):
-        with MySQLConnection(
-            user="root", password="1234", database="world"
-        ) as connection:
-            cursor = connection.cursor()
-            cursor.execute("select Population from city where CountryCode='DNK'")
-            population_amount: list[int] = [item[0] for item in cursor.fetchall()]
-        assert_that(population_amount).described_as("population amount").is_equal_to(
-            [495699, 284846, 183912, 161161, 90327]
-        )
+    def test_verify_population_amount(self, db_connection):
+        with db_connection.cursor() as cursor:
+            cursor.execute("SELECT Population FROM city WHERE CountryCode='DNK'")
+            population_amount = [item[0] for item in cursor.fetchall()]
+            assert_that(population_amount).described_as(
+                "population amount"
+            ).is_equal_to([495699, 284846, 183912, 161161, 90327])