diff --git a/superset/commands/database/utils.py b/superset/commands/database/utils.py
index e850a9e89ee..0c25f8173c2 100644
--- a/superset/commands/database/utils.py
+++ b/superset/commands/database/utils.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ def ping(engine: Engine) -> bool:
     except (sqlite3.ProgrammingError, RuntimeError):
         # SQLite can't run on a separate thread, so ``utils.timeout`` fails
         # RuntimeError catches the equivalent error from duckdb.
-        return engine.dialect.do_ping(engine)
+        with closing(engine.raw_connection()) as conn:
+            return engine.dialect.do_ping(conn)
 
 
 def add_permissions(database: Database) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/commands/databases/utils_test.py b/tests/unit_tests/commands/databases/utils_test.py
index 04512e47f4f..a8fb3a36e54 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/commands/databases/utils_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/commands/databases/utils_test.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def test_ping_sqlite_exception(mocker: MockerFixture, mock_engine: MockerFixture
     assert result is True
 
     mock_dialect.do_ping.assert_has_calls(
-        [mocker.call(mock_connection), mocker.call(mock_engine)]
+        [mocker.call(mock_connection), mocker.call(mock_connection)]
     )
 
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def test_ping_runtime_exception(mocker: MockerFixture, mock_engine: MockerFixtur
     """
     Test the ``ping`` method when a RuntimeError is raised.
     """
-    mock_engine, _, mock_dialect = mock_engine
+    mock_engine, mock_connection, mock_dialect = mock_engine
     mock_timeout = mocker.patch("superset.commands.database.utils.timeout")
     mock_timeout.side_effect = RuntimeError("timeout")
     mock_dialect.do_ping.return_value = True
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def test_ping_runtime_exception(mocker: MockerFixture, mock_engine: MockerFixtur
     result = ping(mock_engine)
 
     assert result is True
-    mock_dialect.do_ping.assert_called_once_with(mock_engine)
+    mock_dialect.do_ping.assert_called_once_with(mock_connection)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture