diff --git a/invoices/invoiceregistry_test.go b/invoices/invoiceregistry_test.go
index b0c019522..4a76d58aa 100644
--- a/invoices/invoiceregistry_test.go
+++ b/invoices/invoiceregistry_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"testing/quick"
 	"time"
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+// sqliteConstructorMu is used to ensure that only one thread can call the
+// sqldb.NewTestSqliteDB constructor at a time. This is a temporary workaround
+// that can be removed once this race condition in the sqlite repo is resolved:
+// https://gitlab.com/cznic/sqlite/-/issues/180
+var sqliteConstructorMu sync.Mutex
+
 // TestInvoiceRegistry is a master test which encompasses all tests using an
 // InvoiceDB instance. The purpose of this test is to be able to run all tests
 // with a custom DB instance, so that we can test the same logic with different
@@ -130,7 +137,9 @@ func TestInvoiceRegistry(t *testing.T) {
 
 		var db *sqldb.BaseDB
 		if sqlite {
+			sqliteConstructorMu.Lock()
 			db = sqldb.NewTestSqliteDB(t).BaseDB
+			sqliteConstructorMu.Unlock()
 		} else {
 			db = sqldb.NewTestPostgresDB(t, pgFixture).BaseDB
 		}
diff --git a/invoices/invoices_test.go b/invoices/invoices_test.go
index c9e204571..71da38571 100644
--- a/invoices/invoices_test.go
+++ b/invoices/invoices_test.go
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ func TestInvoices(t *testing.T) {
 	makeSQLDB := func(t *testing.T, sqlite bool) invpkg.InvoiceDB {
 		var db *sqldb.BaseDB
 		if sqlite {
+			sqliteConstructorMu.Lock()
 			db = sqldb.NewTestSqliteDB(t).BaseDB
+			sqliteConstructorMu.Unlock()
 		} else {
 			db = sqldb.NewTestPostgresDB(t, pgFixture).BaseDB
 		}