diff --git a/internal/store/sqlite/packs_repo_test.go b/internal/store/sqlite/packs_repo_test.go
index d4a76081..6aa48264 100644
--- a/internal/store/sqlite/packs_repo_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/sqlite/packs_repo_test.go
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ func TestPacksRepoUpsertReturnsExecError(t *testing.T) {
 			return nil, errors.New("unexpected query")
 		},
 		queryRowFn: func(context.Context, string, ...any) *sql.Row {
-			panic("unexpected QueryRowContext")
+			t.Fatal("unexpected QueryRowContext call")
+			return nil
 		},
 	})
 
diff --git a/internal/store/sqlite/providers_repo_test.go b/internal/store/sqlite/providers_repo_test.go
index c2603abf..0880e0e3 100644
--- a/internal/store/sqlite/providers_repo_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/sqlite/providers_repo_test.go
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ func TestProvidersRepoUpsertReturnsExecError(t *testing.T) {
 			return nil, errors.New("unexpected query")
 		},
 		queryRowFn: func(context.Context, string, ...any) *sql.Row {
-			panic("unexpected QueryRowContext")
+			t.Fatal("unexpected QueryRowContext call")
+			return nil
 		},
 	})