diff --git a/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/execute/index.ts b/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/execute/index.ts
index 9a5a1b8e2f90..77b56a41c5ea 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/execute/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/execute/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { bundleFile, importBundledFile } from '../../../load-file.js';
 import type { DBConfig } from '../../../types.js';
 import { getManagedRemoteToken } from '../../../utils.js';
+import { isDbError } from '../../../../runtime/virtual.js';
 
 export async function cmd({
 	astroConfig,
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ export async function cmd({
 		await mod.default();
 		console.info(`${green('✔')} File run successfully.`);
 	} catch (e) {
-		if (e instanceof LibsqlError) {
+		if (isDbError(e)) {
 			throw new Error(EXEC_ERROR(e.message));
 		}
 		throw e;
diff --git a/packages/db/src/core/cli/migration-queries.ts b/packages/db/src/core/cli/migration-queries.ts
index bd6360665d4e..b53fdabc1e60 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/core/cli/migration-queries.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/core/cli/migration-queries.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import type {
 	TextColumn,
 } from '../types.js';
 import type { RemoteDatabaseInfo, Result } from '../utils.js';
+import { isDbError } from '../../runtime/virtual.js';
 
 const sqlite = new SQLiteAsyncDialect();
 const genTempTableName = customAlphabet('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', 10);
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ async function getDbCurrentSnapshot(
 	} catch (error) {
 		// Don't handle errors that are not from libSQL
 		if (
-			error instanceof LibsqlError &&
+			isDbError(error) &&
 			// If the schema was never pushed to the database yet the table won't exist.
 			// Treat a missing snapshot table as an empty table.
 
diff --git a/packages/db/src/core/integration/index.ts b/packages/db/src/core/integration/index.ts
index 6debb40176ab..a8f838f8a468 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/core/integration/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/core/integration/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { dirname } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import type { ManagedAppToken } from '@astrojs/studio';
-import { LibsqlError } from '@libsql/client';
 import type { AstroConfig, AstroIntegration } from 'astro';
 import { blue, yellow } from 'kleur/colors';
 import {
@@ -15,7 +14,8 @@ import {
 	mergeConfig,
 } from 'vite';
 import parseArgs from 'yargs-parser';
-import { AstroDbError } from '../../runtime/utils.js';
+import { AstroDbError,  } from '../../runtime/utils.js';
+import { isDbError  } from '../../runtime/virtual.js';
 import { CONFIG_FILE_NAMES, DB_PATH } from '../consts.js';
 import { EXEC_DEFAULT_EXPORT_ERROR, EXEC_ERROR } from '../errors.js';
 import { resolveDbConfig } from '../load-file.js';
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ async function executeSeedFile({
 	try {
 		await mod.default();
 	} catch (e) {
-		if (e instanceof LibsqlError) {
+		if (isDbError(e)) {
 			throw new AstroDbError(EXEC_ERROR(e.message));
 		}
 		throw e;
diff --git a/packages/db/src/runtime/virtual.ts b/packages/db/src/runtime/virtual.ts
index d6b50451875b..bed91c65d3c7 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/runtime/virtual.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/runtime/virtual.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { LibsqlError } from '@libsql/client';
+import { LibsqlError } from '@libsql/client';
 import { sql as _sql } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import type {
 	BooleanColumnInput,
diff --git a/packages/db/test/test-utils.js b/packages/db/test/test-utils.js
index 8315e85512fa..c69220ecb846 100644
--- a/packages/db/test/test-utils.js
+++ b/packages/db/test/test-utils.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function createRemoteDbServer() {
 					JSON.stringify({
 						success: false,
 						error: {
-							code: e instanceof LibsqlError ? e.code : 'SQLITE_QUERY_FAILED',
+							code: isDbError(e) ? e.code : 'SQLITE_QUERY_FAILED',
 							details: e.message,
 						},
 					}),