diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/node/TestSCMNodeManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/node/TestSCMNodeManager.java
index fca88c7a88f..91f437d9800 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/node/TestSCMNodeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/node/TestSCMNodeManager.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.proto.HddsProtos.NodeState.STALE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_DEADNODE_INTERVAL;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_PROCESS_INTERVAL;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_RATIS_PIPELINE_LIMIT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_STALENODE_INTERVAL;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.events.SCMEvents.DATANODE_COMMAND;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ OzoneConfiguration getConf() {
     conf.setTimeDuration(OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_PROCESS_INTERVAL, 100,
         TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     conf.setBoolean(HddsConfigKeys.HDDS_SCM_SAFEMODE_PIPELINE_CREATION, false);
+    conf.setInt(OZONE_SCM_RATIS_PIPELINE_LIMIT, 10);
     return conf;
   }