diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts
index b07854b2a0..746a949ef3 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import {
   SqlQuery,
   Table,
   TableSourceType,
+  SEPARATOR,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { DEFAULT_BB_DATASOURCE_ID } from "../constants"
 import { Knex } from "knex"
-import { SEPARATOR } from "../db"
 import environment from "../environment"
 
 const DOUBLE_SEPARATOR = `${SEPARATOR}${SEPARATOR}`
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
index 4004bc47c6..39d8e17243 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
@@ -62,12 +62,16 @@ const SCHEMA: Integration = {
           type: DatasourceFieldType.STRING,
           required: true,
         },
+        rev: {
+          type: DatasourceFieldType.STRING,
+          required: true,
+        },
       },
     },
   },
 }
 
-class CouchDBIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
+export class CouchDBIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
   private readonly client: Database
 
   constructor(config: CouchDBConfig) {
@@ -82,7 +86,8 @@ class CouchDBIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
       connected: false,
     }
     try {
-      response.connected = await this.client.exists()
+      await this.client.allDocs({ limit: 1 })
+      response.connected = true
     } catch (e: any) {
       response.error = e.message as string
     }
@@ -99,13 +104,9 @@ class CouchDBIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
   }
 
   async read(query: { json: string | object }) {
-    const parsed = this.parse(query)
-    const params = {
-      include_docs: true,
-      ...parsed,
-    }
+    const params = { include_docs: true, ...this.parse(query) }
     const result = await this.client.allDocs(params)
-    return result.rows.map(row => row.doc)
+    return result.rows.map(row => row.doc!)
   }
 
   async update(query: { json: string | object }) {
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ class CouchDBIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
     return await this.client.get(query.id)
   }
 
-  async delete(query: { id: string }) {
-    return await this.client.remove(query.id)
+  async delete(query: { id: string; rev: string }) {
+    return await this.client.remove(query.id, query.rev)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/couchdb.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/couchdb.spec.ts
index 6cb0c438c0..bc8c4fd38e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/couchdb.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/couchdb.spec.ts
@@ -1,84 +1,87 @@
-jest.mock("@budibase/backend-core", () => {
-  const core = jest.requireActual("@budibase/backend-core")
-  return {
-    ...core,
-    db: {
-      ...core.db,
-      DatabaseWithConnection: function () {
-        return {
-          allDocs: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ rows: [] }),
-          put: jest.fn(),
-          get: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ _rev: "a" }),
-          remove: jest.fn(),
-        }
-      },
-    },
-  }
-})
+import { env } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { CouchDBIntegration } from "../couchdb"
+import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
 
-import { default as CouchDBIntegration } from "../couchdb"
+function couchSafeID(): string {
+  // CouchDB IDs must start with a letter, so we prepend an 'a'.
+  return `a${generator.guid()}`
+}
 
-class TestConfiguration {
-  integration: any
+function doc(data: Record<string, any>): string {
+  return JSON.stringify({ _id: couchSafeID(), ...data })
+}
 
-  constructor(
-    config: any = { url: "http://somewhere", database: "something" }
-  ) {
-    this.integration = new CouchDBIntegration.integration(config)
-  }
+function query(data?: Record<string, any>): { json: string } {
+  return { json: doc(data || {}) }
 }
 
 describe("CouchDB Integration", () => {
-  let config: any
+  let couchdb: CouchDBIntegration
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    config = new TestConfiguration()
-  })
-
-  it("calls the create method with the correct params", async () => {
-    const doc = {
-      test: 1,
-    }
-    await config.integration.create({
-      json: JSON.stringify(doc),
-    })
-    expect(config.integration.client.put).toHaveBeenCalledWith(doc)
-  })
-
-  it("calls the read method with the correct params", async () => {
-    const doc = {
-      name: "search",
-    }
-
-    await config.integration.read({
-      json: JSON.stringify(doc),
-    })
-
-    expect(config.integration.client.allDocs).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      include_docs: true,
-      name: "search",
+    couchdb = new CouchDBIntegration({
+      url: env.COUCH_DB_URL,
+      database: couchSafeID(),
     })
   })
 
-  it("calls the update method with the correct params", async () => {
-    const doc = {
-      _id: "1234",
-      name: "search",
-    }
-
-    await config.integration.update({
-      json: JSON.stringify(doc),
-    })
-
-    expect(config.integration.client.put).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      ...doc,
-      _rev: "a",
-    })
+  it("successfully connects", async () => {
+    const { connected } = await couchdb.testConnection()
+    expect(connected).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  it("calls the delete method with the correct params", async () => {
-    const id = "1234"
-    await config.integration.delete({ id })
-    expect(config.integration.client.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(id)
+  it("can create documents", async () => {
+    const { id, ok, rev } = await couchdb.create(query({ test: 1 }))
+    expect(id).toBeDefined()
+    expect(ok).toBe(true)
+    expect(rev).toBeDefined()
+  })
+
+  it("can read created documents", async () => {
+    const { id, ok, rev } = await couchdb.create(query({ test: 1 }))
+    expect(id).toBeDefined()
+    expect(ok).toBe(true)
+    expect(rev).toBeDefined()
+
+    const docs = await couchdb.read(query())
+    expect(docs).toEqual([
+      {
+        _id: id,
+        _rev: rev,
+        test: 1,
+        createdAt: expect.any(String),
+        updatedAt: expect.any(String),
+      },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it("can update documents", async () => {
+    const { id, ok, rev } = await couchdb.create(query({ test: 1 }))
+    expect(ok).toBe(true)
+
+    const { id: newId, rev: newRev } = await couchdb.update(
+      query({ _id: id, _rev: rev, test: 2 })
+    )
+    const docs = await couchdb.read(query())
+    expect(docs).toEqual([
+      {
+        _id: newId,
+        _rev: newRev,
+        test: 2,
+        createdAt: expect.any(String),
+        updatedAt: expect.any(String),
+      },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it("can delete documents", async () => {
+    const { id, ok, rev } = await couchdb.create(query({ test: 1 }))
+    expect(ok).toBe(true)
+
+    const deleteResponse = await couchdb.delete({ id, rev })
+    expect(deleteResponse.ok).toBe(true)
+
+    const docs = await couchdb.read(query())
+    expect(docs).toBeEmpty()
   })
 })