diff --git a/tests/app/conftest.py b/tests/app/conftest.py
index 1f9904612..2cda32c5d 100644
--- a/tests/app/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/app/conftest.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def _sample_service_full_permissions(notify_db_session):
     return service
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def sample_template(sample_user):
     service = create_service(
         service_permissions=[ServicePermissionType.EMAIL, ServicePermissionType.SMS],
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 6a596e233..95de4a893 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def sms_providers(_notify_db):
     # get_provider_details_by_identifier("sns").priority = 100
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def notify_db_session(_notify_db, sms_providers):
     """
     This fixture clears down all non static data after your test run. It yields the sqlalchemy session variable