diff --git a/core/mvcc/database/tests.rs b/core/mvcc/database/tests.rs
index 634c8e089..ee6ef58c0 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/database/tests.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/database/tests.rs
@@ -520,6 +520,8 @@ fn test_lost_update() {
         db.mvcc_store.update(tx3, tx3_row),
         Err(LimboError::WriteWriteConflict)
     ));
+    // hack: in the actual tursodb database we rollback the mvcc tx ourselves, so manually roll it back here
+    db.mvcc_store.rollback_tx(tx3, conn3.pager.borrow().clone());
 
     commit_tx(db.mvcc_store.clone(), &conn2, tx2).unwrap();
     assert!(matches!(