diff --git a/example/example.py b/example/example.py
index a13b7a9..8ea9e46 100644
--- a/example/example.py
+++ b/example/example.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ app.config['DEBUG_TB_INTERCEPT_REDIRECTS'] = True
 #app.config['DEBUG_TB_HOSTS'] = ('127.0.0.1', '::1' )
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'asd'
 app.config['DEBUG'] = True
+
+# TODO: This can be removed once flask_sqlalchemy 3.0 ships
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
+
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:////tmp/test.db'
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
 
diff --git a/test/basic_app.py b/test/basic_app.py
index c199951..beb2c32 100644
--- a/test/basic_app.py
+++ b/test/basic_app.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ app = Flask('basic_app')
 app.debug = True
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'abc123'
 
+# TODO: This can be removed once flask_sqlalchemy 3.0 ships
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
+
 # make sure these are printable in the config panel
 app.config['BYTES_VALUE'] = b'\x00'
 app.config['UNICODE_VALUE'] = u'\uffff'