diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/testing/storage_backend.go b/pkg/storage/unified/testing/storage_backend.go
index 6fbeceb68d2..37405e940e8 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/testing/storage_backend.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/testing/storage_backend.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/authlib/authn"
 	"github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resource"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resourcepb"
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ func RunStorageBackendTest(t *testing.T, newBackend NewBackendFunc, opts *TestOp
 		}
 
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if db.IsTestDbSQLite() {
+				t.Skip("Skipping tests on sqlite until channel notifier is implemented")
+			}
+
 			tc.fn(t, newBackend(context.Background()), opts.NSPrefix)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/testing/storage_backend_sql_compatibility.go b/pkg/storage/unified/testing/storage_backend_sql_compatibility.go
index 5e1423fa1ec..99ce4b8c08f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/testing/storage_backend_sql_compatibility.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/testing/storage_backend_sql_compatibility.go
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ func NewTestSqlKvBackend(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, withRvManager bool)
 		KvStore: kv,
 	}
 
+	if db.DriverName() == "sqlite3" {
+		kvOpts.UseChannelNotifier = true
+	}
+
 	if withRvManager {
 		dialect := sqltemplate.DialectForDriver(db.DriverName())
 		rvManager, err := rvmanager.NewResourceVersionManager(rvmanager.ResourceManagerOptions{