diff --git a/osquery/core/test_util_tests.cpp b/osquery/core/test_util_tests.cpp
index af5da5e3..fca4a38d 100644
--- a/osquery/core/test_util_tests.cpp
+++ b/osquery/core/test_util_tests.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ class TestUtilTests : public testing::Test {};
 
 TEST_F(TestUtilTests, test_expected_results) {
   int err;
-  auto results = aggregateQuery(kTestQuery, err, createTestDB());
+  auto db = createTestDB();
+  auto results = aggregateQuery(kTestQuery, err, db);
+  sqlite3_close(db);
   EXPECT_EQ(err, 0);
   EXPECT_EQ(results, getTestDBExpectedResults());
 }
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ TEST_F(TestUtilTests, test_get_test_db_result_stream) {
     }
     int err_int;
     auto expected = aggregateQuery(kTestQuery, err_int, db);
+    sqlite3_close(db);
     EXPECT_EQ(expected, r.second);
   }
 }