diff --git a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/config/spring/RepositoriesConfigS3IT.java b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/config/spring/RepositoriesConfigS3IT.java
index 2c462462..caa4e7dd 100644
--- a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/config/spring/RepositoriesConfigS3IT.java
+++ b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/config/spring/RepositoriesConfigS3IT.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 @SpringBootTest(classes = DepositApp.class)
 @TestPropertySource(properties = {
     "spring.jms.listener.auto-startup=false",
+    "spring.cloud.aws.s3.enabled=true",
     "pass.deposit.repository.configuration=s3://test-bucket/s3-test-repositories.json"
 })
 @Testcontainers
diff --git a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/resources/test-application.properties b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/resources/test-application.properties
index f6557152..fcffe763 100644
--- a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/resources/test-application.properties
+++ b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/resources/test-application.properties
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #
 spring.jms.listener.auto-startup=false
 pass.deposit.jobs.disabled=true
+spring.cloud.aws.s3.enabled=false
 
 pass.client.url=http://localhost:8080/
 pass.client.user=test