diff --git a/spec/cancan/rule_spec.rb b/spec/cancan/rule_spec.rb
index 7de14c1d..3f789fd1 100644
--- a/spec/cancan/rule_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cancan/rule_spec.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def count_queries(&block)
       end
 
       before do
-        ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(adapter: 'sqlite3', database: ':memory:')
+        connect_db
         ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = false
         ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
           create_table(:watermelons) do |t|