diff --git a/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/sensors/test_named_hive_partition.py b/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/sensors/test_named_hive_partition.py
index a67013fa10edb..2a1a66df04cec 100644
--- a/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/sensors/test_named_hive_partition.py
+++ b/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/sensors/test_named_hive_partition.py
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@
 DEFAULT_DATE_ISO = DEFAULT_DATE.isoformat()
 DEFAULT_DATE_DS = DEFAULT_DATE_ISO[:10]
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.db_test
-
 
+@pytest.mark.db_test
 class TestNamedHivePartitionSensor:
     def setup_method(self):
         args = {"owner": "airflow", "start_date": DEFAULT_DATE}
diff --git a/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/transfers/test_s3_to_hive.py b/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/transfers/test_s3_to_hive.py
index 5ec2f02fca411..174b5096ac66d 100644
--- a/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/transfers/test_s3_to_hive.py
+++ b/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/transfers/test_s3_to_hive.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.db_test
 class TestS3ToHiveTransfer:
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
     def setup_attrs(self):
@@ -196,6 +195,7 @@ def test__delete_top_row_and_compress(self):
         fn_bz2 = self._get_fn(".bz2", False)
         assert self._check_file_equality(bz2_txt_nh, fn_bz2, ".bz2"), "bz2 Compressed file not as expected"
 
+    @pytest.mark.db_test
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.apache.hive.transfers.s3_to_hive.HiveCliHook")
     @moto.mock_aws
     def test_execute(self, mock_hiveclihook):
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ def test_execute(self, mock_hiveclihook):
             s32hive = S3ToHiveOperator(**self.kwargs)
             s32hive.execute(None)
 
+    @pytest.mark.db_test
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.apache.hive.transfers.s3_to_hive.HiveCliHook")
     @moto.mock_aws
     def test_execute_with_select_expression(self, mock_hiveclihook):
diff --git a/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/transfers/test_vertica_to_hive.py b/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/transfers/test_vertica_to_hive.py
index 9a368db2f7a56..9af3a9a87590e 100644
--- a/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/transfers/test_vertica_to_hive.py
+++ b/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/transfers/test_vertica_to_hive.py
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 from airflow.models.dag import DAG
 from airflow.providers.apache.hive.transfers.vertica_to_hive import VerticaToHiveOperator
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.db_test
-
 
 def mock_get_conn():
     commit_mock = mock.MagicMock()
@@ -48,6 +46,7 @@ def setup_method(self):
         args = {"owner": "airflow", "start_date": datetime.datetime(2017, 1, 1)}
         self.dag = DAG("test_dag_id", schedule=None, default_args=args)
 
+    @pytest.mark.db_test
     @mock.patch(
         "airflow.providers.apache.hive.transfers.vertica_to_hive.VerticaHook.get_conn",
         side_effect=mock_get_conn,