diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 1c4d7743c..0d14509c0 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@
     "autoload-dev": {
         "psr-4": {
             "Tests\\": "tests/"
-        }
+        },
+        "files": [
+            "tests/functions.php"
+        ]
     },
     "config": {
         "allow-plugins": {
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index a84eb8700..66c06715f 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -7,35 +7,37 @@ require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
 (new Filesystem())->remove(__DIR__ . '/../var/cache/test');
 
-(new Process([
-    'php',
-    __DIR__ . '/../bin/console',
-    'doctrine:database:drop',
-    '--force',
-    '--env=test',
-]))->run(function ($type, $buffer) {
-    echo $buffer;
-});
+if (!isPartialRun()) {
+    (new Process([
+        'php',
+        __DIR__ . '/../bin/console',
+        'doctrine:database:drop',
+        '--force',
+        '--env=test',
+    ]))->run(function ($type, $buffer) {
+        echo $buffer;
+    });
 
-(new Process([
-    'php',
-    __DIR__ . '/../bin/console',
-    'doctrine:database:create',
-    '--env=test',
-]))->mustRun(function ($type, $buffer) {
-    echo $buffer;
-});
+    (new Process([
+        'php',
+        __DIR__ . '/../bin/console',
+        'doctrine:database:create',
+        '--env=test',
+    ]))->mustRun(function ($type, $buffer) {
+        echo $buffer;
+    });
 
-(new Process([
-    'php',
-    __DIR__ . '/../bin/console',
-    'doctrine:migrations:migrate',
-    '--no-interaction',
-    '--env=test',
-    '-vv',
-]))->mustRun(function ($type, $buffer) {
-    echo $buffer;
-});
+    (new Process([
+        'php',
+        __DIR__ . '/../bin/console',
+        'doctrine:migrations:migrate',
+        '--no-interaction',
+        '--env=test',
+        '-vv',
+    ]))->mustRun(function ($type, $buffer) {
+        echo $buffer;
+    });
+}
 
 (new Process([
     'php',
diff --git a/tests/functions.php b/tests/functions.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9b8881a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functions.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This files contains functions that are used in the tests, especially the bootstrap.php file.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the current test run is a partial run.
+ * A partial run is a run that only runs a subset of the tests using the --filter, --testsuite, --group or --exclude-group options.
+ */
+function isPartialRun(): bool
+{
+    foreach ($_SERVER['argv'] as $arg) {
+        if (str_starts_with($arg, '--filter')) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (str_starts_with($arg, '--testsuite')) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (str_starts_with($arg, '--group')) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (str_starts_with($arg, '--exclude-group')) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}