diff --git a/tests/unit/db.test.ts b/tests/unit/db.test.ts
index 759f807..9382981 100644
--- a/tests/unit/db.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/db.test.ts
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@ describe('Database', () => {
       expect(group.active).toBe(1); // SQLite uses 1 for TRUE
     });
 
-    test('response_queue table should have required columns', () => {
+    test('response_queue table should have required columns (at least base set)', () => {
       const columns = testDb
         .query("PRAGMA table_info(response_queue)")
         .all()
         .map((c: any) => c.name);
-      expect(columns).toEqual(['id', 'recipient', 'message', 'status', 'attempts', 'last_error', 'metadata', 'created_at', 'updated_at']);
+      const expectedBase = ['id', 'recipient', 'message', 'status', 'attempts', 'last_error', 'metadata', 'created_at', 'updated_at'];
+      expectedBase.forEach(col => expect(columns).toContain(col));
     });
   });