diff --git a/memory/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/memory/action/conversation/CreateInteractionTransportActionTests.java b/memory/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/memory/action/conversation/CreateInteractionTransportActionTests.java
index 22ec5ce386..d4cf0a4566 100644
--- a/memory/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/memory/action/conversation/CreateInteractionTransportActionTests.java
+++ b/memory/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/memory/action/conversation/CreateInteractionTransportActionTests.java
@@ -227,8 +227,10 @@ public void testDoExecuteFails_thenFail() {
     }
 
     public void testFeatureDisabled_ThenFail() {
-        when(this.clusterService.getSettings()).thenReturn(Settings.EMPTY);
-        when(this.clusterService.getClusterSettings()).thenReturn(new ClusterSettings(Settings.EMPTY, Set.of(ConversationalIndexConstants.ML_COMMONS_MEMORY_FEATURE_ENABLED)));
+        Settings settings = Settings.builder().put(ConversationalIndexConstants.ML_COMMONS_MEMORY_FEATURE_ENABLED.getKey(), false).build();
+        when(this.clusterService.getSettings()).thenReturn(settings);
+        when(this.clusterService.getClusterSettings())
+            .thenReturn(new ClusterSettings(settings, Set.of(ConversationalIndexConstants.ML_COMMONS_MEMORY_FEATURE_ENABLED)));
         this.action = spy(new CreateInteractionTransportAction(transportService, actionFilters, cmHandler, client, clusterService));
 
         action.doExecute(null, request, actionListener);