diff --git a/nessie/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/nessie/TestMultipleClients.java b/nessie/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/nessie/TestMultipleClients.java
index 8da96c224d51..fb7f4ea3095c 100644
--- a/nessie/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/nessie/TestMultipleClients.java
+++ b/nessie/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/nessie/TestMultipleClients.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public void testLoadNamespaceMetadata() {
 
   @Test
   public void testListTables() {
-    catalog.createTable(TableIdentifier.parse("foo.tbl1"), schema);
+    createTable(TableIdentifier.parse("foo.tbl1"), schema);
     Assertions.assertThat(catalog.listTables(Namespace.of("foo")))
         .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(TableIdentifier.parse("foo.tbl1"));
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public void testListTables() {
   @Test
   public void testCommits() {
     TableIdentifier identifier = TableIdentifier.parse("foo.tbl1");
-    catalog.createTable(identifier, schema);
+    createTable(identifier, schema);
     Table tableFromCatalog = catalog.loadTable(identifier);
     tableFromCatalog.updateSchema().addColumn("x1", Types.LongType.get()).commit();
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public void testCommits() {
   @Test
   public void testConcurrentCommitsWithRefresh() {
     TableIdentifier identifier = TableIdentifier.parse("foo.tbl1");
-    catalog.createTable(identifier, schema);
+    createTable(identifier, schema);
 
     String hashBefore = catalog.currentHash();