diff --git a/controller_manager/test/test_spawner_unspawner.cpp b/controller_manager/test/test_spawner_unspawner.cpp
index 06503dc7a7..a709af915b 100644
--- a/controller_manager/test/test_spawner_unspawner.cpp
+++ b/controller_manager/test/test_spawner_unspawner.cpp
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ TEST_F(TestLoadController, multi_ctrls_test_type_in_param)
 
 TEST_F(TestLoadController, spawner_test_type_in_arg)
 {
+  ControllerManagerRunner cm_runner(this);
   // Provide controller type via -t argument
   EXPECT_EQ(
     call_spawner(
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ TEST_F(TestLoadController, unload_on_kill)
 {
   // Launch spawner with unload on kill
   // timeout command will kill it after the specified time with signal SIGINT
+  ControllerManagerRunner cm_runner(this);
   std::stringstream ss;
   ss << "timeout --signal=INT 5 "
      << std::string(coveragepy_script) +
@@ -538,6 +540,7 @@ TEST_F(TestLoadControllerWithNamespacedCM, spawner_test_type_in_params_file)
   const std::string test_file_path = ament_index_cpp::get_package_prefix("controller_manager") +
                                      "/test/test_controller_spawner_with_type.yaml";
 
+  ControllerManagerRunner cm_runner(this);
   // Provide controller type via the parsed file
   EXPECT_EQ(
     call_spawner(
@@ -598,6 +601,7 @@ TEST_F(
   const std::string test_file_path = ament_index_cpp::get_package_prefix("controller_manager") +
                                      "/test/test_controller_spawner_with_type.yaml";
 
+  ControllerManagerRunner cm_runner(this);
   // Provide controller type via the parsed file
   EXPECT_EQ(
     call_spawner(