diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/DBUnitClassLevelAnnotationIt.java b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/DBUnitClassLevelAnnotationIt.java
index 9cfed0c..aaf0aec 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/DBUnitClassLevelAnnotationIt.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/DBUnitClassLevelAnnotationIt.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.github.dbunit.rules;
 
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dataset.DataSet;
+import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dbunit.DBUnitConfig;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.model.Follower;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.model.User;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.util.EntityManagerProvider;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
 @DataSet(value = "datasets/yml/users.yml")
+@DBUnitConfig(cacheConnection = true)
 public class DBUnitClassLevelAnnotationIt {
 
     @Rule
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/DateReplacementsIt.java b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/DateReplacementsIt.java
index 7070ef4..9c29cf7 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/DateReplacementsIt.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/DateReplacementsIt.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.github.dbunit.rules;
 
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dataset.DataSet;
+import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dbunit.DBUnitConfig;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.model.Tweet;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.util.EntityManagerProvider;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 /**
  * Created by pestano on 15/02/16.
  */
+@DBUnitConfig(cacheConnection = true)
 public class DateReplacementsIt {
 
     Calendar now;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/EmptyDataSetIt.java b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/EmptyDataSetIt.java
index c6a06ee..52cc510 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/EmptyDataSetIt.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/EmptyDataSetIt.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import static com.github.dbunit.rules.util.EntityManagerProvider.tx;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dbunit.DBUnitConfig;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
  * Created by rmpestano on 8/21/16.
  */
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+@DBUnitConfig(cacheConnection = true)
 public class EmptyDataSetIt {
 
     EntityManagerProvider emProvider = EntityManagerProvider.instance("rules-it");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/ExpectedDataSetIt.java b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/ExpectedDataSetIt.java
index 03dcbc0..0696e54 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/ExpectedDataSetIt.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/ExpectedDataSetIt.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dataset.DataSet;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dataset.ExpectedDataSet;
+import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dbunit.DBUnitConfig;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.model.User;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.util.EntityManagerProvider;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 // tag::expectedDeclaration[]
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+@DBUnitConfig(cacheConnection = true)
 public class ExpectedDataSetIt {
 
     @Rule
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/ScriptsIt.java b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/ScriptsIt.java
index 4ddd014..2699b07 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/ScriptsIt.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/ScriptsIt.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dataset.DataSet;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dataset.SeedStrategy;
+import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dbunit.DBUnitConfig;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.model.User;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.util.EntityManagerProvider;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
  * Created by pestano on 27/02/16.
  */
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+@DBUnitConfig(cacheConnection = true)
 public class ScriptsIt {
 
     @Rule
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/TransactionIt.java b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/TransactionIt.java
index f36c5ff..0d3a8d5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/TransactionIt.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/TransactionIt.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dataset.DataSet;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dataset.ExpectedDataSet;
+import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dbunit.DBUnitConfig;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.model.User;
 import com.github.dbunit.rules.util.EntityManagerProvider;
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+@DBUnitConfig(cacheConnection = true)
 public class TransactionIt {
 
     @Rule