diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/core/src/testFixtures/java/io/airbyte/cdk/testutils/TestDatabase.java b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/core/src/testFixtures/java/io/airbyte/cdk/testutils/TestDatabase.java
index f8ef633ae989..dd1eb2a10578 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/core/src/testFixtures/java/io/airbyte/cdk/testutils/TestDatabase.java
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/core/src/testFixtures/java/io/airbyte/cdk/testutils/TestDatabase.java
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import org.jooq.DSLContext;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
+import org.jooq.exception.DataAccessException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.JdbcDatabaseContainer;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public T onClose(String fmtSql, Object... fmtArgs) {
    * Executes a SQL statement after calling String.format on the arguments.
    */
   public T with(String fmtSql, Object... fmtArgs) {
-    execSQL(Stream.of(String.format(fmtSql, fmtArgs)));
+    execSQL(List.of(String.format(fmtSql, fmtArgs)));
     return self();
   }
 
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ final public boolean isInitialized() {
     return dslContext != null;
   }
 
-  abstract protected Stream<Stream<String>> inContainerBootstrapCmd();
+  abstract protected List<List<String>> inContainerBootstrapCmd();
 
-  abstract protected Stream<String> inContainerUndoBootstrapCmd();
+  abstract protected List<String> inContainerUndoBootstrapCmd();
 
   abstract public DatabaseDriver getDatabaseDriver();
 
@@ -167,22 +167,17 @@ public Database getDatabase() {
     return new Database(getDslContext());
   }
 
-  protected void execSQL(final Stream<String> sql) {
+  protected void execSQL(final List<String> sqls) {
     try {
-      getDatabase().query(ctx -> {
-        sql.forEach(statement -> {
-          LOGGER.debug("{}", statement);
-          ctx.execute(statement);
-        });
-        return null;
-      });
-    } catch (SQLException e) {
+      for (String sql : sqls) {
+        getDslContext().execute(sql);
+      }
+    } catch (DataAccessException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
   }
 
-  protected void execInContainer(Stream<String> cmds) {
-    final List<String> cmd = cmds.toList();
+  protected void execInContainer(List<String> cmd) {
     if (cmd.isEmpty()) {
       return;
     }
@@ -232,7 +227,7 @@ public B integrationTestConfigBuilder() {
 
   @Override
   public void close() {
-    execSQL(this.cleanupSQL.stream());
+    execSQL(this.cleanupSQL);
     execInContainer(inContainerUndoBootstrapCmd());
   }
 
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/test/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/source/jdbc/DefaultJdbcSourceAcceptanceTest.java b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/test/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/source/jdbc/DefaultJdbcSourceAcceptanceTest.java
index 5d4dcb3e68d0..0a5429f18cdf 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/test/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/source/jdbc/DefaultJdbcSourceAcceptanceTest.java
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/test/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/source/jdbc/DefaultJdbcSourceAcceptanceTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import io.airbyte.cdk.db.factory.DatabaseDriver;
 import io.airbyte.cdk.db.jdbc.JdbcUtils;
 import io.airbyte.cdk.db.jdbc.streaming.AdaptiveStreamingQueryConfig;
@@ -20,10 +21,10 @@
 import io.airbyte.commons.json.Jsons;
 import io.airbyte.protocol.models.v0.AirbyteStateMessage.AirbyteStateType;
 import java.sql.JDBCType;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
@@ -140,24 +141,27 @@ public BareBonesTestDatabase(PostgreSQLContainer<?> container) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected Stream<Stream<String>> inContainerBootstrapCmd() {
-      final var sql = Stream.of(
+    protected List<List<String>> inContainerBootstrapCmd() {
+      final var sqls = List.of(
           String.format("CREATE DATABASE %s", getDatabaseName()),
           String.format("CREATE USER %s PASSWORD '%s'", getUserName(), getPassword()),
           String.format("GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE %s TO %s", getDatabaseName(), getUserName()),
           String.format("ALTER USER %s WITH SUPERUSER", getUserName()));
-      return Stream.of(Stream.concat(
-          Stream.of("psql",
-              "-d", getContainer().getDatabaseName(),
-              "-U", getContainer().getUsername(),
-              "-v", "ON_ERROR_STOP=1",
-              "-a"),
-          sql.flatMap(stmt -> Stream.of("-c", stmt))));
+      List<String> cmd = Lists.newArrayList("psql",
+          "-d", getContainer().getDatabaseName(),
+          "-U", getContainer().getUsername(),
+          "-v", "ON_ERROR_STOP=1",
+          "-a");
+      for (String sql : sqls) {
+        cmd.add("-c");
+        cmd.add(sql);
+      }
+      return List.of(cmd);
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected Stream<String> inContainerUndoBootstrapCmd() {
-      return Stream.empty();
+    protected List<String> inContainerUndoBootstrapCmd() {
+      return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
     @Override