diff --git a/tests/ModelTest.php b/tests/ModelTest.php
index ecfcb2b6a..374e32ca2 100644
--- a/tests/ModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/ModelTest.php
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@
 
 class ModelTest extends TestCase
 {
-    public function tearDown(): void
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        Carbon::setTestNow();
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
     {
         Carbon::setTestNow();
         DB::connection('mongodb')->getCollection('users')->drop();
@@ -81,15 +87,22 @@ public function testQualifyColumn(): void
         $this->assertEquals('users.name', $sqlUser->qualifyColumn('name'));
     }
 
-    public function testInsert(): void
+    private function makeUser(): User
     {
-        $user        = new User();
+        $user = new User();
         $user->name  = 'John Doe';
         $user->title = 'admin';
         $user->age   = 35;
 
         $user->save();
 
+        return $user;
+    }
+
+    public function testInsert(): void
+    {
+        $user = $this->makeUser();
+
         $this->assertTrue($user->exists);
         $this->assertEquals(1, User::count());
 
@@ -108,11 +121,7 @@ public function testInsert(): void
 
     public function testUpdate(): void
     {
-        $user        = new User();
-        $user->name  = 'John Doe';
-        $user->title = 'admin';
-        $user->age   = 35;
-        $user->save();
+        $user = $this->makeUser();
 
         $raw = $user->getAttributes();
         $this->assertInstanceOf(ObjectID::class, $raw['id']);
@@ -227,11 +236,7 @@ public function testManualIntId(): void
 
     public function testDelete(): void
     {
-        $user        = new User();
-        $user->name  = 'John Doe';
-        $user->title = 'admin';
-        $user->age   = 35;
-        $user->save();
+        $user = $this->makeUser();
 
         $this->assertTrue($user->exists);
         $this->assertEquals(1, User::count());
@@ -243,11 +248,7 @@ public function testDelete(): void
 
     public function testAll(): void
     {
-        $user        = new User();
-        $user->name  = 'John Doe';
-        $user->title = 'admin';
-        $user->age   = 35;
-        $user->save();
+        $user = $this->makeUser();
 
         $user        = new User();
         $user->name  = 'Jane Doe';
@@ -264,11 +265,7 @@ public function testAll(): void
 
     public function testFind(): void
     {
-        $user        = new User();
-        $user->name  = 'John Doe';
-        $user->title = 'admin';
-        $user->age   = 35;
-        $user->save();
+        $user = $this->makeUser();
 
         $check = User::find($user->id);
         $this->assertInstanceOf(User::class, $check);
@@ -347,11 +344,7 @@ public function testCreate(): void
 
     public function testDestroy(): void
     {
-        $user        = new User();
-        $user->name  = 'John Doe';
-        $user->title = 'admin';
-        $user->age   = 35;
-        $user->save();
+        $user = $this->makeUser();
 
         User::destroy((string) $user->id);
 
@@ -360,11 +353,7 @@ public function testDestroy(): void
 
     public function testTouch(): void
     {
-        $user        = new User();
-        $user->name  = 'John Doe';
-        $user->title = 'admin';
-        $user->age   = 35;
-        $user->save();
+        $user = $this->makeUser();
 
         $old = $user->updated_at;
         sleep(1);
@@ -1052,7 +1041,7 @@ public function testChunkById(): void
         $this->assertEquals(['fork', 'spork', 'spoon'], $names);
     }
 
-    public function testTruncateModel()
+    public function testTruncateModel(): void
     {
         User::create(['name' => 'John Doe']);
 
@@ -1061,7 +1050,7 @@ public function testTruncateModel()
         $this->assertEquals(0, User::count());
     }
 
-    public function testGuardedModel()
+    public function testGuardedModel(): void
     {
         $model = new Guarded();