diff --git a/src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_tesseract_parser.py b/src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_tesseract_parser.py
index f25efccc7..bb6a85031 100644
--- a/src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_tesseract_parser.py
+++ b/src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_tesseract_parser.py
@@ -1277,6 +1277,8 @@ class TestParserFileTypes:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+# Remote ocr config from ApplicationConfiguration needs DB access
+@pytest.mark.django_db
 class TestRasterisedDocumentParserRegistry:
     def test_registered_in_defaults(self) -> None:
         from paperless.parsers.registry import ParserRegistry