diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/SshPostgresDestinationAcceptanceTest.java b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/SshPostgresDestinationAcceptanceTest.java
index d45feb73c57f..e192125c2d4e 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/SshPostgresDestinationAcceptanceTest.java
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/SshPostgresDestinationAcceptanceTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import io.airbyte.commons.functional.CheckedFunction;
 import io.airbyte.commons.io.IOs;
 import io.airbyte.commons.json.Jsons;
+import io.airbyte.db.Database;
 import io.airbyte.db.Databases;
 import io.airbyte.integrations.base.JavaBaseConstants;
 import io.airbyte.integrations.base.ssh.SshTunnel;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.jooq.JSONFormat;
 import org.jooq.JSONFormat.RecordFormat;
 
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ public abstract class SshPostgresDestinationAcceptanceTest extends DestinationAc
 
   private final ExtendedNameTransformer namingResolver = new ExtendedNameTransformer();
 
+  private String schemaName;
+
   public abstract Path getConfigFilePath();
 
   @Override
@@ -62,6 +66,13 @@ protected String getImageName() {
 
   @Override
   protected JsonNode getConfig() {
+    final JsonNode config = getConfigFromSecretsFile();
+    // do everything in a randomly generated schema so that we can wipe it out at the end.
+    ((ObjectNode) config).put("schema", schemaName);
+    return config;
+  }
+
+  private JsonNode getConfigFromSecretsFile() {
     return Jsons.deserialize(IOs.readFile(Path.of("secrets/ssh-pwd-config.json")));
   }
 
@@ -125,17 +136,21 @@ protected List<String> resolveIdentifier(final String identifier) {
     return result;
   }
 
+  private static Database getDatabaseFromConfig(final JsonNode config) {
+    return Databases.createPostgresDatabase(
+        config.get("username").asText(),
+        config.get("password").asText(),
+        String.format("jdbc:postgresql://%s:%s/%s", config.get("host").asText(), config.get("port").asText(),
+            config.get("database").asText()));
+  }
+
   private List<JsonNode> retrieveRecordsFromTable(final String tableName, final String schemaName) throws Exception {
     final JsonNode config = getConfig();
     return SshTunnel.sshWrap(
         config,
         PostgresDestination.HOST_KEY,
         PostgresDestination.PORT_KEY,
-        (CheckedFunction<JsonNode, List<JsonNode>, Exception>) mangledConfig -> Databases.createPostgresDatabase(
-            mangledConfig.get("username").asText(),
-            mangledConfig.get("password").asText(),
-            String.format("jdbc:postgresql://%s:%s/%s", mangledConfig.get("host").asText(), mangledConfig.get("port").asText(),
-                mangledConfig.get("database").asText()))
+        (CheckedFunction<JsonNode, List<JsonNode>, Exception>) mangledConfig -> getDatabaseFromConfig(mangledConfig)
             .query(
                 ctx -> ctx
                     .fetch(String.format("SELECT * FROM %s.%s ORDER BY %s ASC;", schemaName, tableName, JavaBaseConstants.COLUMN_NAME_EMITTED_AT))
@@ -146,9 +161,28 @@ private List<JsonNode> retrieveRecordsFromTable(final String tableName, final St
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected void setup(final TestDestinationEnv testEnv) {}
+  protected void setup(final TestDestinationEnv testEnv) throws Exception {
+    // do everything in a randomly generated schema so that we can wipe it out at the end.
+    schemaName = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(5);
+    SshTunnel.sshWrap(
+        getConfig(),
+        PostgresDestination.HOST_KEY,
+        PostgresDestination.PORT_KEY,
+        mangledConfig -> {
+          getDatabaseFromConfig(mangledConfig).query(ctx -> ctx.fetch(String.format("CREATE SCHEMA %s;", schemaName)));
+        });
+  }
 
   @Override
-  protected void tearDown(final TestDestinationEnv testEnv) {}
+  protected void tearDown(final TestDestinationEnv testEnv) throws Exception {
+    // blow away the test schema at the end.
+    SshTunnel.sshWrap(
+        getConfig(),
+        PostgresDestination.HOST_KEY,
+        PostgresDestination.PORT_KEY,
+        mangledConfig -> {
+          getDatabaseFromConfig(mangledConfig).query(ctx -> ctx.fetch(String.format("DROP SCHEMA %s CASCADE;", schemaName)));
+        });
+  }
 
 }